You can't let that happen to me!" Trump begs Kentucky fans to block defeat of GOP gov. [View all]
Source: NBC News
By Shannon Pettypiece and Monica Alba with NBC News Politics• last updated: 05/11/2019 - 03:55
LEXINGTON, Ky. — President Donald Trump made a last-minute push on Monday night for Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a strong ally who is facing a tough re-election bid in a deep-red state that should be a shoo-in for Republicans.
"Here's the story," Trump told thousand of supporters ahead of Tuesday's election. "If you win, they are going to make it like, ho hum. And if you lose, they are going to say Trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world. You can't let that happen to me!"
Trump's campaign is hoping the president, who won Kentucky by 30 percentage points in 2016, can give Bevin a boost over Democrat Andy Beshear, the state's attorney general, in what as regarded as a close contest, as the president continues to road test his messaging on the impeachment inquiry dogging his administration for the last six weeks.
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With less than a year to go before his own re-election, Trump is looking to take credit for as many victories around the country as possible — even in states here the GOP should win easily — to show he is still a potent political force despite the headlines surrounding impeachment, a White House official said.
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