Trump wraps final 2026 midterm campaign stops in Kansas and Iowa

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPresident Trump heads to Kansas and Iowa Sunday for back-to-back rallies, and CNN says they're his last scheduled in-person stops of the midterm cycle.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe headlined more than twenty rallies in October, according to CNN, and NPR says the whole run is a sort-of goodbye to campaigning, with the greatest hits for loyal crowds.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThese are the same Kansas and Iowa rallies the Republican National Committee cancelled on Thursday.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThey were back on the schedule the next day!

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe plan had been tele-rallies in nineteen states, and Trump said, quote, I thought I could relax.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe relaxed for one day.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd a Reuters reporter asked if travel fatigue was behind the change, and Trump rejected that, Al Jazeera says.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAl Jazeera also reports Democrats were leading national polls four days out.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCNN says he keeps telling voters to pretend he's on the ballot. He is not on the ballot.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWell, it's a free pretend, Hank. So who's running the tele-rallies Monday, and does anyone hold the line?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox says more telephone rallies are planned for Monday. The last in-person stop is not the last stop.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThen Tuesday he finally gets to relax.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd he's still not on the ballot.