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Trump sets the stage for potential GOP losses, says party ‘gave this a very strong shot’

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In an election-eve speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Donald Trump said Republicans “gave this a very strong shot” while acknowledging that historically, the president’s party “doesn’t win the midterms.”

“This is the last day before the midterm elections — the most important midterm, I believe, in our lifetime,” Trump said Monday in his final major speech before the midterm elections Tuesday. “The Democrat Party has nominated the most extreme and dangerous slate of candidates in American history. These are the most dangerous candidates ever put up.”

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