US President Donald Trump is scrapping two of his last midterm election rallies, his Republican Party said Thursday, as the 80-year-old leader lashed out at a reporter who asked if he was “sick of travelling”.
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he → scrap → travelling
“You’re sick to ask that question.
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You → ’re → question
You are sick,” Trump told the reporter after returning to Washington from a campaign trip to South Carolina.
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Trump → tell → Carolina
“I feel perfect.
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I → feel → ?
Put yourself in shape, you look like hell.”
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you → put → hell
Trump told reporters he did not “feel like I have to go to Kansas,” a Midwestern state where Senator Roger Marshall, a fellow Republican, is in an unexpectedly competitive race with Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton.
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Marshall → tell → Hamilton
“He is doing very well,” Trump said of Marshall.
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Trump → do → Marshall
“We are going to have a strong Tuesday night.”
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We → go → night
Later on Thursday, the Republican National Committee said in a statement that it would also cancel a planned rally in Iowa, home to several competitive congressional races.
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it → say → races
Instead of the events in Kansas and Iowa, Trump will hold a “large number” of virtual “telerallies” in a series of states, the Republican National Committee said.
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Committee → hold → states
The canceled in-person rallies were set for Salina, Kansas, on Saturday, and Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday.
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rallies → cancel → Sunday
Republicans are fighting to keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterms.
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Republicans → fight → midterms
Trump has urged the party to “pretend I’m on the ballot” to maximise turnout despite his poor approval ratings.
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I → urge → ratings
“With Republicans in a strong position in Kansas and Iowa, previously planned in-person rallies in those states will no longer take place as scheduled,” the RNC statement said.
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statement → plan → place
The president is still expected to travel to rallies in several states before Tuesday’s election.
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president → expect → election
Trump’s final election rally is now set to be in Florida on Friday.
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rally → set → Friday
Despite being the oldest elected president in US history, Trump has kept up a gruelling schedule of near-daily rallies throughout October to help Republicans in the midterms.
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Trump → elect → midterms
Since October 1, Trump has hosted 25 rallies in 19 states, often speaking for his party in rural areas of Republican-friendly states.
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Trump → host → states
Tuesday’s midterm elections will determine whether Republicans retain narrow control of the US Senate and House of Representatives.
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Republicans → determine → Representatives
MAGA Inc, a campaign funding group aligned with Trump, said on Thursday it would host a series of “tele-rallies” with the president in at least 19 states, including Kansas and Iowa, before Election Day.
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Trump has noted that his recent series of more than hour-long campaign speeches has been challenging.
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series → note → speeches
Sounding hoarse in Mississippi on Monday, Trump said, “God didn’t make your vocal cords to do a rally every day.”
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cords → sound → rally
On Thursday, after campaigning for Senator Darline Graham in South Carolina, Trump ridiculed a Reuters reporter who asked how he felt after weeks of rallies and whether he was sick of travelling.
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he → campaign → travelling
“You’ve been following me for two weeks,” Trump said before boarding his motorcade back to the White House.
“I feel perfect.”
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I → follow → House
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