Trump cancels weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas in favor of holding numerous tele-rallies

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is canceling his rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend, where he had been set to stump for GOP candidates in competitive races, opting instead to do tele-rallies.

The rallies were to have been part of his planned midterm blitz, in which he said he would travel to 35 places across the country to help raise turnout for Republican candidates.

Trump has repeatedly touted what he believes is the positive impact of his rallies on GOP candidates, going as far as to suggest that his presence in battleground states has boosted Republicans in the polls.

But his tune appeared to change Thursday after his cancellations. Trump said he didn’t “feel I have to go to Kansas,” adding that he thinks Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, who’s locked in a tight race with Democrat Adam Hamilton, “is doing well.”

Concerns over high costs connected to the war in Iran have helped turn the race into a toss-up in a state that hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate for nearly a century.

Trump, who has campaigned at 25 rallies in the past month, has admitted that the blitz has not been “easy,” saying through a hoarse…

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