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Trump touts his power at Kentucky rally to energize voters ahead of midterm elections

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Price, M., & Bedayn, J. (2026, October 17). Trump touts his power at Kentucky rally to energize voters ahead of midterm elections. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/trump-touts-his-power-at-kentucky-rally-to-energize-voters-ahead-of-midterm-elections/article_53bd84df-d077-56cd-b798-959f833d7459.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-17 · by Michelle Price, Jesse Bedayn

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At a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky, President Donald Trump emphasized his presidential powers and decision-making abilities to energize Republican voters ahead of the midterm elections. He spoke in support of U.S. House candidate Ed Gallrein and highlighted his authority by mentioning his ability to make significant decisions, such as changing how the U.S. government refers to the Gulf of Mexico.
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President Donald Trump held a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky, on Saturday, October 17, 2026, to boost Republican candidates ahead of the midterms. This was part of his strategy to shore up support for Ed Gallrein, who is running for the U.S. House seat that could be at risk for Republicans. Trump's visit emphasized his second term's power and ability to effect change, such as renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." The rally came after he visited Ohio four times during his current term, highlighting the importance of these battleground states for preserving the Republican Senate majority and narrowing their House majority. Democratic Governor Andy Beshear warned that Trump’s campaign efforts indicate a potential threat to Republicans' chances in competitive races.

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Michelle Price
3 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 He added: "In state after state, the Democrat establishment has been overthrown and replaced by crazed lunatics and radicals," before asserting, "America has beaten communism before, and we will beat it again." Those comments referred to candidates aligned with democratic socialists who won Democratic primaries in Michigan, Colorado, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
🔮 Vice President JD Vance will return to his Ohio hometown Friday to campaign for Republicans at the steel plant where his grandfather worked for nearly four decades, as the GOP fights to hold key offices in a state that has shifted firmly to the right.
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🔮 Doctors had told her it would be tough to beat.
🔮 Now, the U.S. Senate contest between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton is another tantalizing opening, and as the long race enters its final few days, the contest could well turn on its unusual points of friction.
🔮 If Talarico wins the November general election, Paxton would be the first Republican in nearly four decades to lose a Senate race in Texas. ___
🔮 “He’s not getting an A+,” she said, but maybe a “C or a B.” Talarico won a complicated primary Talarico beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who is Black, in the Democratic primary.
🔮 Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, said Sunday he wants local police to have a role in investigating the shooting.
🔮 The acute concerns are adding to a bad political environment that may be worsening for Trump and his Republican Party as early voting gets underway in the November midterm elections.
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS Kentucky Ky. Republican the U.S. House

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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS GPE · 2× Republican NORP · 2× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Ed Gallrein PERSON · 1× Kentucky ORG · 1× Ky. GPE · 1× Trump PERSON · 1× U.S. GPE · 1× the U.S. House ORG · 1×

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Trump, who spoke in the city of Highland Heights to boost Republican candidates including Ed Gallrein for the U.S. House, was riffing on his decision to change how the U.S. government refers to the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
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President Donald Trump touted his power in his second go around in the White House Saturday while rallying in Kentucky to bolster Republican turnout as his party struggles in the midterms, saying, “I can do stuff that is unbelievable.” asserted
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Trump, who spoke in the city of Highland Heights to boost Republican candidates including Ed Gallrein for the U.S. House, was riffing on his decision to change how the U.S. government refers to the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. asserted
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