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GOP grudgingly accepts Trump's midterm message even as he 'doesn't have a lot to boast of'

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President Donald Trump's midterm message isn't the strategy Republicans would have chosen, but they're embracing it anyway. The 80-year-old president has settled on a midterm message built around branding Democrats as communists, and Republicans are grudgingly going along as administration officials struggle to defend Trump's economic record heading into November, reported MS NOW . "Where things are at right now, Trump's record doesn't really get the base too excited," a former Trump aide told MS NOW, granted anonymity to speak candidly. "If you look at what voters care about right now, Trump doesn't have a lot to boast of." Instead, Republicans are leaning on a wave of democratic socialist primary wins to attack the Democratic Party with communism barbs, a tactic Trump has used before, including against Kamala Harris in 2024. "The GOP right now is smart to point to Democrats who are struggling with their identity," the former aide said. A Republican operative familiar with midterm str

First report: GOP midterm strategy embraces Trump’s ‘communism’ fixation — msnbc.com, 1d