Second Amendment becomes latest test for Trump coalition

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If Republicans want to have any hope in holding their House and Senate majorities this fall, they need President Donald Trump’s base to turn up.

So it seems an odd strategy that he and members of his administration keep saying things that are seemingly designed to keep that base away from the ballot box for this November’s midterm elections.

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