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FAFO: Trump's Own Team Says He Just Cost Republicans the Senate
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7:47Now PlayingOn Tax Day, the White House had one job: deliver a clear, consistent message about middle-class tax relief. Scott Bessent and Kelly Loeffler were out front. The plan was in place. Then Trump went on Fox Business and threatened to fire the Federal Reserve Chair — and his own 2024 senior campaign adviser went on CNN to publicly rebuke him the same afternoon.
This is what FAFO looks like from the inside.
If the Fed loses its independence, mortgage rates do not go down. They spike. That is not a liberal fear. That is the mechanism. And now Republican operatives across the country are privately resigned to losing the Senate — and possibly the House — in 2026.The coalition is cracking. The numbers prove it.
SOURCESPolitico Republicans warn White House 'nonsense' is costing them the midterms
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