Trump's high-risk strategy puts him on the midterm ballot like no one else
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump held the stage last month in Mississippi and, amid his usual attacks on Democrats and immigrants, told the crowd why he was really there.
"I'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way, I'm on the ballot," he said. "I want you to vote," he added. "Pretend I'm on the ballot."
Since that declaration, by Monday on the eve of the midterm elections, Trump has held two dozen rallies in nearly as many states. He has fired off dozens of endorsements on Twitter, flooded Fox News with his allies and aides, and stood on stage with candidates whose names he'd just learned to pronounce. He
