Trump reveals top issues GOP should focus on to secure midterms victory: 'I've never been more confident'
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President Donald Trump gave Republicans a set of priorities he believes will hand them the midterm elections — if Republicans can muscle them through Congress.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
"It's the best of Trump. Those are the best of Trump. This is the number one priority, it should be, for the House," Trump said.
Trump’s exhortations to Republican lawmakers come as the GOP wages an uphill campaign to hang on to a controlling majority in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He framed his legislative priorities as a way for Republicans to capitalize on popular demands within the GOP base that would increase their chances of preserving a Republican governing trifecta.
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