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You are here: Home / 2018 Campaign / Trump Says Bomb Threats Halting GOP Momentum

Trump Says Bomb Threats Halting GOP Momentum

October 26, 2018 at 11:08 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump lamented that a series of apparent mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats is halting Republican “momentum” ahead of the midterm elections, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this ‘Bomb’ stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows – news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!”

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