President\u2019s comments suggest that he has grown less optimistic about the GOP\u2019s chances of retaining control of the HouseTrump is campaigning in Macon, Georgia, for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp<\/b>
\nUS President Donald Trump appears to be distancing himself from the fate of House Republican candidates two days before Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House en route to get-out-the-vote rallies in Georgia and Tennessee on Sunday, Trump said Republican enthusiasm is higher than he is ever seen it \u2013 but he seemed to hedge in his predictions for the House.
\u201cI think we\u2019re going to do well in the House. But, as you know, my primary focus has been on the Senate, and I think we\u2019re doing really well in the Senate,\u201d he said of Tuesday\u2019s races.
The comments suggest that Trump has grown less optimistic about the GOP\u2019s chances of retaining control of the House, where Republicans are facing greater headwinds than in the Senate. And they came as Trump was travelling to two traditionally Republican states to help bolster two statewide candidates ahead of elections that could dramatically reshape his presidency.
Trump is set to campaign Sunday in Macon, Georgia, for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp and in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn.
Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One that \u201ctremendous crowds\u201d were already awaiting him in both states. He said that enthusiasm was off the charts, though polls have shown Democrats to have an enthusiasm edge.
\u201cThe level of fervour, the level of fever is very strong in the Republican side,\u201d said Trump, adding: \u201cI have never seen such excitement. Maybe back in \u201816 during the presidential, right around the vote. But I have never seen such an enthusiastic Republican Party.\u201d
Trump also pushed back on the idea that the election was a referendum on his presidency and that Democrats reclaiming the House would be a rebuke of him and his policies.
\u201cNo, I don\u2019t view this as for myself,\u201d Trump said, before making the case that his campaigning has \u201cmade a big difference\u201d in a handful of Senate races across the country.
\u201cI think I\u2019ve made a difference of five or six or seven. That\u2019s a big difference,\u201d he said, crediting his rallies for the influence.
\u201cThese rallies are the best thing we\u2019ve done. I think that the rallies have really been the thing that\u2019s caused this whole big fervour to start and to continue,\u201d he said.
Trump has had a busy campaign schedule in the final stretch of the race, with 11 rallies over six days \u2013 including three planned Monday in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri.
Country singer Lee Greenwood will be performing Trump favourite God Bless the USA Sunday in Chattanooga as well as in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Monday. Fox News personality Sean Hannity and conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh will also be appearing at the Missouri rally, Trump\u2019s re-election campaign announced Sunday.
Trump plans to spend election day conducting get-out-the-vote interviews with local media at the White House, where he is set to watch returns come in.<\/p>\n

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