‘Pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot’: Trump's appeal to voters ahead of midterms

Trump also urged his supporters to carry that approach into other elections, making clear that his backing of Graham was part of a broader effort to strengthen Republican support.US President Donald Trump on Friday urged South Carolina Republicans to “pretend” he was on the ballot and turn out to vote for Darline Graha

President Donald Trump asked Republican voters on Friday to turn out for Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) in next week’s special primary runoff and for other crucial races in the midterm elections, urging his voters to approach the election as though his name was at the top of the ballot. Trump was in Myrtle Beach…

The president’s pitch came as he urged Republicans in South Carolina to vote for Sen. Darline Graham in Tuesday’s Senate GOP runoff.

President Trump was in South Carolina to stump for Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey. But his own political future was on his mind, too.

“You got to come out and vote,” Trump said at a Myrtle Beach rally for Graham (R-SC), “because if we lose, you're going to lose your border, you're going to lose your tax cuts, you're going to lose everything that we've done.”

Trump to GOP: ‘Pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot’  CNN

The president sought to paper over emerging cracks in Graham’s campaign to succeed her late brother.

President Donald Trump tried out a new campaign message on Friday, telling voters in South Carolina to “pretend” he was on the ballot and turn out to back his hand-picked candidate, Senator Darline Graham, in a contentious Republican primary.