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Early voters in Potomac, Md., on Oct. 25. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/ AFP/Getty Images)
At a rally bolstering Republican midterm candidates in North Carolina, Trump had to moderate his usual bombastic and angry tone following a week marred by politically motivated violence. Trump had to strike an unusual balance between urging civility and indulging his audience’s desire to boo the press and chant “CNN sucks!” (Read more.)
Early voting returns show that the Republican and Democratic bases are extremely engaged and demonstrating an enthusiasm that could result in the highest midterm election turnout in decades. This higher turnout makes it more difficult to predict whether Republicans can defend their control of Congress. (Read more.)
The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights group, released a report showing that far-right extremists have escalated anti-Semitic harassment against Jewish journalists and political candidates ahead of next month’s midterm elections. The report concluded that both robot and human-run accounts were responsible for anti-Semitic tweets. (Read more.)
Trump suggested that the dangerous packages sent to prominent Democrats and critics of his administration were hurting Republicans’ prospects in the midterm elections. “Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this ‘Bomb’ stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows – news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!” Trump tweeted. (Read more.)
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