Tara Setmayer: ‘The Momentum Is Clearly with Democrats and Donald Trump Is Becoming a Drag on Republicans’

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SATMAYER: "I think it’s considerable. Scott Taylor was pretty clear saying that the results in his state of Virginia was a clear repudiation of Donald Trump. Listen, it’s a very sobering reality for Republicans at this point. Normally it’s incumbents win at about a 90% rate in midterm elections. People like their congressman, even though they complain about Congress overall. But this is a different cycle, and Republicans need to pay attention. The Democrats only need 24 seeds to take over the house next year and usually the average is about 36 seats for off-year elections if the president’s approval rating is under 50%. That’s been the case since 1946. So that would be 36 seats just on average and so the environment is not good for Republicans. The momentum is clearly with Democrats and Donald Trump is becoming a drag on Republicans."