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Trump: ‘Democrats have a death wish’

By Katelyn Caralle

Published July 19, 2018 11:31am ET

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Trump: ‘Democrats have a death wish’ — President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with members of his cabinet in Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. | (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

President Trump said Thursday that the Democratic push to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will cost them in the 2018 midterm elections.

“The Democrats have a death wish, in more ways than one – they actually want to abolish ICE,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “This should cost them heavily in the Midterms. Yesterday, the Republicans overwhelmingly passed a bill supporting ICE!”

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