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A HOUSE REPUBLICAN FROM one of America’s reddest states privately acknowledged that President Donald Trump’s unpopularity and freewheeling executive actions were hurting the party and even endangering seemingly safe seats like hers.
“The challenge that we have is that we have to get over the narrative that ‘I don’t like this guy, so I’m going to vote for the Democrat,’” said Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), according to audio obtained by The Bulwark. “Because I’m telling you right now, I’m hearing it already.”
“And what happens is that’ll impact me because . . . two things will either happen,” Bice added. “They’re going to vote for the Democrat and they may split [the] ticket and vote for me and a few others, or—this is my bigger fear right now—people don’t go vote.”
Bice’s comments were made to a gathering of Republican students at Oklahoma State University on Thursday evening. They provide a rare glimpse into the gloom some elected Republicans feel about the impending midterms. Talking to the students, she relayed a recent conversation she’d had with a Republican executive who described the president as ...
