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COLUMBIA, Mo. – President Donald Trump implored voters on Thursday to reject Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and she would like to install Republican in her seat who would fully back his agenda.
Trump appeared at a rally in Columbia, home of the state's largest university, draped in American flags. It was his second rally in an 11-stop, eight-state tour designed to boost Republican turnout ahead of Tuesday's crucial midterm elections.
The president, accompanied by McCaskill's Republican challenger, Josh Hawley, declared that Hawley "will be a star."
Hawley, McCarthy to Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, who lost the state in 2016 by nearly 19 percentage points.
"Claire McCaskill has just spent her life in politics like Hillary," Hawley said. "Claire McCaskill wanted us to call Hillary Clinton 'Madam President.' On Nov. 6, we're going to call Claire McCaskill 'fired."'
With elections in the Senate, they are optimistic they could make gains in the Senate, but they are struggling to maintain a majority in the House.
McCaskill is one of the vulnerable Democrats running in red states. She is a top target for the 51-49 edge in the U.S. Senate.
McCaskill is pitching herself as a seatkeeper. She has sought to distance herself from "Crazy Democrats" and said in an appearance on Fox News that she supports Trump's efforts to secure the southern border. Hawley has dismissed her efforts and argues that she is not the right fit for an increasingly conservative state.
Trump said that McCaskill has been "saying nice things" but that she "wants to get elected and will vote against us."
A check of her record, however, shows that McCaskill votes with the president on half the time, although she has contrasted it with some key issues, including his tax cuts and the recent confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Trump expressed optimism for the midterm elections, though he noted that it had been blunted in a few days by "two maniacs" – a reference to a mail and a mbad shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. He added, "We do not care about momentum when it comes to a disgrace like just happened to our country."
However, he noted, "It did still stop at certain momentum. And now the momentum is picking up. "
The President will appear twice in the Missouri, returning to the Election Day to rally voters in Cape Girardeau.
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