Oct 12, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 28 segments
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We are now just 22 days from a consequential election with control of the US Congress on the line.
And CNN has new reporting that reveals Republicans are in triage mode, scrambling to prevent steep losses.
But some Republicans worry that he's gotten so unpopular that his being on the trail may be doing more harm than good.
One House Republican running for reelection telling CNN, and I'm quoting now, Trump is dragging the party down, end quote.
Yeah, I mean, Wolf, they are in a situation with just three weeks to go until the election where they have to make some tough decisions about where to invest money.
Republicans have poured millions upon millions of dollars into so many of these races across the country, but they are having to make some tough calls about where to reallocate some of those resources, given the fact that there may be places on this map that just are not going to be a win for Republicans come November.
some money from North Carolina, the top Republican campaign arm on the Senate side, moving money out of there, reallocating about $10 million in the state of Kansas, $5 million in the state of South Carolina.
But given the environment, high gas prices, high grocery prices, they are seeing right now a situation in which they truly are having to triage what their campaign strategy looks like for the next several You heard from one Trump adviser when we were reporting out this story, quote, We were all hoping the war was going to be over by now, but it's not.
We shouldn't have a fight in a place like Texas, but obviously we do, one Trump adviser said.
And just to put a finer point in that, you've seen that outside groups have poured about $100 million into supporting Ken Paxton in the United States to run for the United States Senate because of concerns right now that even a state like Texas, a Republican stronghold, could be lost given the fact that they are just triaging so many of these races across the country right now, Wolf.
Now, I'm told from many Republicans that I talk to that at the end of the day, a lot of Republican voters might come home.
They are hoping that some of this polling that they're seeing isn't capturing some of these low propensity Trump voters.
But obviously, Wolf, this is a really serious situation if you are a Republican looking at this map knowing that you have just three weeks until the November election.
We are now just 22 days from a consequential election with control of the US Congress on the line.
And CNN has new reporting that reveals Republicans are in triage mode, scrambling to prevent steep losses.
But some Republicans worry that he's gotten so unpopular that his being on the trail may be doing more harm than good.
One House Republican running for reelection telling CNN, and I'm quoting now, Trump is dragging the party down, end quote.
Yeah, I mean, Wolf, they are in a situation with just three weeks to go until the election where they have to make some tough decisions about where to invest money.
Republicans have poured millions upon millions of dollars into so many of these races across the country, but they are having to make some tough calls about where to reallocate some of those resources, given the fact that there may be places on this map that just are not going to be a win for Republicans come November.
some money from North Carolina, the top Republican campaign arm on the Senate side, moving money out of there, reallocating about $10 million in the state of Kansas, $5 million in the state of South Carolina.
But given the environment, high gas prices, high grocery prices, they are seeing right now a situation in which they truly are having to triage what their campaign strategy looks like for the next several You heard from one Trump adviser when we were reporting out this story, quote, We were all hoping the war was going to be over by now, but it's not.
We shouldn't have a fight in a place like Texas, but obviously we do, one Trump adviser said.
And just to put a finer point in that, you've seen that outside groups have poured about $100 million into supporting Ken Paxton in the United States to run for the United States Senate because of concerns right now that even a state like Texas, a Republican stronghold, could be lost given the fact that they are just triaging so many of these races across the country right now, Wolf.
Now, I'm told from many Republicans that I talk to that at the end of the day, a lot of Republican voters might come home.
They are hoping that some of this polling that they're seeing isn't capturing some of these low propensity Trump voters.
But obviously, Wolf, this is a really serious situation if you are a Republican looking at this map knowing that you have just three weeks until the November election.
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