Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy dropped some big news about President Donald Trump’s upcoming schedule.
While speaking about November’s midterm elections and the president’s involvement, Doocy joked that Trump “will be missed” around the White House because he will be hitting the campaign trail for most of October.
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“It’s a big advantage, and a big part of President Trump’s pitch to Republicans right now is just to pretend like he is on the ballot, and we are hearing some whispers of a ton of Trump travel in October, possibly as much as a Trump rally a day in the most competitive states and districts,” Doocy said.
“And that is something that you don’t typically see from a president in a set of midterms that are historically very hard for the president’s party,” Doocy added.
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Co-host Brian Kilmeade jumped in and asked, “Especially Peter before Labor Day. I mean, it shows his concern that he would stop in Texas. Do you sense that he’s going to personally give Ken Paxton a wake up call?”
“That could be coming. I think behind closed doors, they are pretty blunt. But, you know, when you look at it and President Trump says pretend like I am on the ballot, really, he is on the ballot because and I haven’t really heard anybody here at the White House making this point yet kind of surprising,” Doocy said.
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“But he is on the ballot in that if Democrats win control of the House or the Senate, it’s just going to be constant investigations,” Doocy added.
“They’re going to be trying to use Congress and all of the power over there to unwind everything that they have done for the last two years and help whoever their pick is for 2028. And so Donald Trump, his name might not be right there, but he is on the ballot at pretty much every line,” Doocy continued.
Republicans are going into November’s midterms with a massive war chest.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a powerful Republican super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, says it and its affiliated groups have raised more than $500 million ahead of the 2026 elections, giving Republicans a record-setting financial arsenal as they fight to preserve their Senate majority.
The fundraising haul represents more money than any previous Senate-focused political effort, according to SLF.
The organization alone has already committed more than $350 million to supporting Republican candidates across the Senate battlefield.
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Republicans enter the midterms facing the traditional political headwinds confronting a president’s party, which historically tends to lose congressional seats during midterm elections.
But GOP groups have spent months building an enormous financial advantage designed to counter those pressures and force Democrats to defend races across an increasingly expensive Senate map.
SLF is already targeting critical contests in states including Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and North Carolina, while pouring additional resources into other battlegrounds as Republicans seek not only to protect their majority but potentially expand it.
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“Thanks to Leader John Thune and our generous investors, Senate Leadership Fund and its affiliated groups have raised more resources than any other Senate effort in history,” SLF Executive Director Alex Latcham said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, Democrats are having difficulties raising money. The Democratic National Committee has even been forced to use its headquarters building as collateral for a $15 million loan over the summer.
“However, we cannot slow down as Chuck Schumer and Radical Democrats seek to take our nation back to open borders, rampant crime and crushing inflation,” Latcham added.
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Those issues are expected to form a central part of the Senate Leadership Fund’s strategy as Republicans attempt to define Democratic candidates ahead of the November midterms.
SLF has sought to tie Democrats to their opposition to key parts of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda while highlighting previous positions that Republicans characterize as outside the political mainstream.
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