‘It’s insane’: GOP operatives torch Trump’s closing message as Senate strongholds wobble

Republican operatives are venting their frustration with President Donald Trump as he spends the final two weeks of the midterm campaign on distractions and attacks on his own party.GOP candidates want to talk about the tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump accounts for children and the administration’s push to lower prescription drug prices, but instead, they told Politico, they’re stuck answering for a since-scrapped plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, taxpayer-funded ads promoting the president, and a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to bring down diesel costs.“He has constantly been distracted,” one GOP operative working on multiple midterm races told Politico, “and not focused on what the voters care about. It’s insane.”Trump has also turned his fire on fellow Republicans. He went after Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) over her ad criticizing his immigration policies and Sen. Tom Cotton...