Republicans Panic Over Trump Dooming the Midterms

Evan Vucci/REUTERS A wave of panic is sweeping through the Republican Party as President Donald Trump racks up political liabilities that threaten to drag the party toward a midterm bloodbath. Republicans across the country are increasingly haunted by the prospect of a 2006-style wipeout, when Democrats seized control of both the House and Senate, according to Politico’s politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin. One of the biggest sources of alarm for the GOP is the Midwest, where Trump has…