Piers Domenico Montanaro
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The Democratic response spans from Abigail Spanberger saying,
To the Al Greens and Ilhan Omar's and Al Green being congressman, Ilhan Omar, congresswoman from Minnesota.
And they're far more boisterous when it comes to their response to Trump.
You know, Al Green holding up signs, Ilhan Omar.
shouting at the president at different times.
And that's maybe not something Democrats are going to have to worry about in 2026 because it's still Trump's world for better or worse for him and the Republican Party.
But they are going to have to deal with it when it comes to primary voting in 2028.
They're blocking the removal of these people out of our country, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
He tried to rebrand on immigration.
He tried to reset this message of his that he's always focused on, which are these kind of gory anecdotes, talking about border security and deporting criminals.
And it's sort of this warning to voters that if Democrats are back in office, they'll let the immigrants back in.
And that's part of the midterm message.
And it's something that Trump β
believes that he was elected on in the first place.
Remember, there have been more than a couple of times in this first year when he's said that he doesn't think that the economy was the thing that got him elected, that it was immigration and crime, even though the exit polls would tell you something different.
His approval overall is just 39%, with 30% of independents approving, and they're always key in those swing districts.
His approval rating has now been below 40% in the Marist poll since November.
On the economy, which is what got Trump reelected in the first place, 6 in 10 disapproved.