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Trump has said he is worried about what would happen if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterms.
So he's been trying to get GOP-run states to tilt the playing field in his party's favor.
Trump had intensely lobbied Indiana lawmakers.
promising to campaign against them if they didn't support the gerrymandered maps.
Groups backing Trump rallied in Indianapolis, but it didn't work, and now Trump is distancing himself.
And then Trump repeated his threats to primary state lawmakers who voted against the plan.
Last night, yet again, he mocked the preoccupation with affordability.
He says that he inherited a mess.
In other words, don't blame me, blame the former guy.
And he says things are already cheaper.
In particular, he talks a lot about gas prices.
According to GasBuddy, prices are down about 8 cents on average a gallon from a year ago.
But that's not really enough savings to make up for higher grocery prices and utility bills and health care costs.
Good morning.
The banners on the stage said, lower prices, bigger paychecks, and that was the message in essence.
Trump insists prices are coming down and brought up on the stage a handful of people who stand to benefit from the tax cuts he signed into law earlier this year.
There were no new policies and not a lot of new material, but if you go to see the village people, you'd be disappointed not to hear YMCA.
So Trump spent much of this 90-minute speech going through the greatest hits, talking about how members of his cabinet are straight out of central casting, denigrating Somali immigrants, weaving all over the place, joking about how it would be boring if he stuck to the teleprompter, and occasionally making it back to the economy.