President Trump said that Republican senators who have distanced themselves from him will lose their reelection bids in 2020.
Trump told Fox Business on Thursday that he believes he will win reelection and that Republicans will regain control of the House. He said, however, that Republicans may retain power in the Senate because some of the senators up for reelection have not been loyal supporters.
“I believe we’re going to take back the House because Nancy Pelosi is stone-cold crazy. And I think we’re going to take the House and that’s upon — you know, I don’t make a statement like that very easily. But we’re going to take — otherwise, I’ll look very bad — but we’re going to take back the House,” Trump said.
“We’re going to hold the presidency, and we’re fighting very hard in the Senate. I’ll be honest, the Senate is tough. We have a couple of people that aren’t as supportive of Trump as they should be, and those people are going to lose their elections. If they don’t support Trump, they lose their elections. It’s a simple element,” he added.
Trump pointed to the recent Senate primary in Tennessee and noted that the candidate he endorsed, Bill Hagerty, won his primary race. He said that those who don’t follow Hagerty and align with Trump will lose.
“You have a few people that want to be cute, and I think they’re going to lose their elections, and that’s a problem for the Senate,” Trump said.
