'I wasn't on the ballot': Trump distances himself from GOP midterm losses
President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from Republicans' mounting midterm losses Tuesday, declaring in his first remarks on the election results that his party would have been victorious had he been on the ballot. "I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" Trump wrote on social media. Trump's efforts to sidestep blame for the growing blue wave came as Republicans were dealt stunning losses in deep red states and districts, with Democrats flipping Senate seats in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and Ohio. Republicans also lost Senate races in North…
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[Claude] Both reports describe Trump's first remarks on the midterm results saying the GOP would have won had he been on the ballot, with no conflicting facts.
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