President Donald Trump has done a U-turn and will now reportedly rally in Kansas and Iowa this weekend after Republican officials previously pulled the plug on the in-person events.
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officials → do → events
The reversal comes after the president lashed out at a reporter who asked if the decision related to his health.
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decision → come → health
“You know what the reason is?
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reason → know → ?
I don’t feel I have to go to Kansas,” Trump snapped at the Reuters reporter on Thursday.
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Trump → feel → Thursday
“I feel perfect.
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You look like hell,” Trump fumed.
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Trump → look → hell
Trump was instead due to hold a series of telerallies in 19 states before Tuesday’s midterm elections.
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Trump → hold → elections
The Iowa and Kansas rallies, taking place Sunday, have been rearranged to accommodate the new telerallies added to Trump’s schedule, a person familiar with the plans told the Associated Press.
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person → take → Press
The president is also scheduled to appear in person at a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday night.
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president → schedule → night
Pundits: 'Trump didn't like the optics of canceling'
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Trump → like → optics
Pundits have been weighing in on the significance of Trump’s exchange with the reporter who riled the president on Thursday.
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who → weigh → Thursday
His in-person rallies in Kansas and Iowa are now back on after the reporter asked Trump if was canceling over his health.
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reporter → ask → health
Fox News’ Dana Perino remarked that the scheduled change “did not make the president happy.”
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president → remark → ?
Journalist Aaron Rupar, who posts viral clips of the president on social media, said that Trump’s “crashout” was “very telling.”
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crashout → post → media
“He really didn't like the optics of canceling them,” Rupar said.
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Rupar → like → them
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins also chimed in.
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Collins → chime → ?
“It may have been the president's answer that was the most revealing about what's going on,” Collins said.
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Collins, who is often on the receiving end of Trump’s verbal attacks, noted that the reporter “got an irritated answer” for asking a “straightforward question,” and pointed out “it's the president himself who has touted his own ability to maintain a busy schedule.”
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President will take part in back-to-back rallies on Sunday
President Donald Trump will take part in back-to-back rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday after holding telerallies on Saturday.
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Trump → take → Saturday
Both are home to battleground Senate races that will help determine whether Republicans hold onto their majority in the chamber in the midterm elections.
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Republicans → help → elections
Trump has already traveled to both states this month to boost GOP Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas and Republican Iowa Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, who currently serves in the House.
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who → travel → House
Those stops were among the 25 rallies that the president has headlined so far in October.
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New: Trump WILL now rally in Kansas and Iowa in person
President Donald Trump has reversed course and will now hold midterm rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend after he was called out by a reporter for canceling them.
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he → rally → them
Before the U-turn, the rallies in Kansas and Iowa were pulled at the eleventh hour by Republican officials who announced the events would be replaced with telerallies.
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events → pull → telerallies
Now the rallies are back on, sources told CNN and the Associated Press, citing a White House official.
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sources → tell → official
It follows pressure from a reporter who asked Trump if the cancelations had anything to do with his health.
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cancelations → follow → health
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Newsom → read → vote
“And I just made it a FELONY to illegally seize ballots.”
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it → make → ballots
Here’s more from Owen Scott.
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more → ’ → Scott
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campaign → escalate → voters
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, here’s Jasmine Fernandez.
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Watch: Kamala Harris issues rallying cry in Georgia
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Harris → watch → Georgia
The former vice president and defeated 2024 presidential candidate was out in the Peach State yesterday stumping for Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms and had this message for voters:
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He also denied that the conflict in Iran amounted to a “forever war” and took issue with Barack Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke, but not his comparing Trump to Saddam Hussein.
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conflict → defeat → Hussein
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