President Trump closed out the final weekend campaign blitz before the midterm elections by warning voters about the threat posed by Democrats.
At a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, he told the crowd that the Democrats nominated “the most extreme and dangerous radicals in American history.”
He urged Iowa voters to get to the polls for Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, who is up against Democrat Josh Turek.
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“We’ve got more crap running for office,” Mr. Trump said of Democratic candidates. “We’re not going to stand for it. We are going to keep this nation strong.”
Ms. Hinson has a roughly 9-point lead in recent surveys, but the race has tightened in recent weeks as Mr. Turek overcame a double-digit deficit.
Mr. Trump carried Iowa by 13 percentage points in 2024.
Sunday’s rally at the Five Flags Event Center in Dubuque marked Mr. Trump’s second visit to Iowa in two weeks as Republicans fight to maintain their narrow majorities in Washington.
He heads next to Kansas on Sunday to campaign for Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, who is narrowly trailing Democrat Adam Hamilton in recent polls.
Mr. Trump is casting the midterms as a referendum on a Democratic Party that has embraced extremism. He warned that handing Democrats control of Congress and potentially the Senate would threaten the country’s economic prosperity, public safety and traditional values.
“The Democratic Party has nominated the most extreme and dangerous radicals in American history. They are openly promising to abolish your borders and let millions of third-world migrants ransack, rape and plunder your communities,” Mr. Trump said. “They want to steal your wealth and give it to fraudsters, thieves and stupid people.”
Mr. Trump has kept up an aggressive schedule of campaign rallies in the final weeks of the midterm campaigns, crisscrossing the country to boost Republicans who many voters blame for the high cost of living.
Mr. Trump had initially canceled this weekend’s rallies in Iowa and Kansas, opting instead for telephone rallies. He reversed course Friday and reinstated both events, underscoring his view that the rallies will help beat back an anticipated blue wave election on Tuesday.
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