House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., declared Saturday that President Trump will be an “asset” for Republicans competing in the 2018 midterms.
Speaking to reporters after giving a speech at his state’s GOP convention in Milwaukee, Ryan exclaimed that people in swing states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan care most about issues that impact them personally, and not troubling stories for the president that have been a mainstay in the media.
“The president is strong in these states,” Ryan said, according to the Associated Press. “He’s an asset. … Whether I’m running around southern Wisconsin or America, nobody is talking about Stormy Daniels. Nobody is talking about Russia. They’re talking about their lives and their problems. They’re talking about their communities, they’re talking about jobs, they’re talking about the economy, they’re talking about national security.”
Trump has already dabbled in helping fellow Republicans in their respective 2018 contests. For instance, he held a campaign rally last week in Elkhart, Ind., where he and Vice President Mike Pence, who previously was governor of Indiana, gave a boost to Republican Mike Braun, who will challenge Sen. Joe Donnelly, the incumbent Democrat, in November.
Ryan also boasted about the GOP record in Congress, noting “we have gotten a ton of things done,” pointing to tax reform as an example.
He warned that if a so-called “blue wave” happens in the midterms, Democrats “want to take it all away.”
