# How Trump looms over Republicans’ chances

https://mins.news/en/video/52083

- CNN, 2026-09-09 22:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2vnOHeFbwY

> Donald Trump has promoted the Republican Party’s one-of-a-kind midterm convention as a spectacle that could reenergize voters and improve the party’s prospects. Yet with the two-day event approaching, some Republicans privately question whether its tone fits an electorate facing tighter budgets and whether pulling candidates from their districts so close to Election Day is wise.

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