The Democrats’ 2018 attack plan: Go get Trump and Congress

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When Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., announced she would not seek re-election to a congressional seat that has repeatedly flipped back and forth between Democrats and Republicans, the trash-talking from both parties’ congressional campaign committees began immediately.

“Yet another Democrat in a district President Trump won is abandoning their seat,” National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Matt Gorman said in a statement afterward. “The NRCC will continue to put Democrats on defense across the country in 2018.”

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