GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [2-5-18] attacked Democratic leaders as unpatriotic and urged Republicans not to be ‘complacent’ when it is time to vote, laying out what appeared to be an opening argument for the midterm elections.
Mr. Trump, appearing at a business in Ohio, a perennial battleground state, cast Democratic lawmakers as ‘un-American’ and ‘treasonous’ for sitting silent in his State of the Union address when he mentioned how unemployment rates for minorities have gone down on his watch…
The speech at Sheffer Corp. was listed on the president’s daily schedule as an event devoted to ‘tax reform.’ Veering from the script, Mr. Trump used the address to call for Republican victories in the November elections, tout the candidacy of Jim Renacci, a Republican running for an Ohio senate seat, and criticize the top-ranking Democrats in Congress, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California.
His remarks could complicate ongoing negotiations with Congress over spending and budget issues, the same mix that triggered a three-day partial government shutdown last month.”
-Peter Nicholas, “Trump Attacks Democrats and Urges Republicans to Vote,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 5, 2018 06:31pm