Trump demand puts vulnerable Republicans in impossible spot ahead of midterms

Republicans are sounding the alarm that President Donald Trump’s demand to cancel August recess could cost the GOP seats in the midterms.As the upcoming jailbreak from Washington, D.C., fast approaches, Trump’s most-prized legislative push remains stalled.He wants Republicans to stay put until it’s finished, but the political reality says otherwise.And it comes as Republicans are desperate to get out of the Beltway and sell their accomplishments, rather than their shortcomings, to voters on the campaign trail.

The GOP has more to lose than Democrats this cycle, too, with three vulnerable incumbents and a handful of others on the periphery.REPUBLICAN SAYS TRUMP'S TOP ELECTION PRIORITY 'DEAD' IN SENATE AS GOP FRACTURES AHEAD OF MIDTERMSPresident Donald Trump announces the Freedom Haulers initiative on West Executive Avenue in Washington, D.C., on July 30, 2026.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)"Canceling August recess, where we have to have our members out campaigning and connecting with their voters, and people not understanding that, is about as tone-deaf as telling everybody to stay home in 2020 when we lost [Kelly] Loefler and [David] Purdue," Sen.

Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital."It's the same sort of thought process," he continued."It's thinking that one branch runs this country and it doesn't.

If we don't keep majorities, people are gonna regret it."Several of Tillis’ colleagues, however, disagree, and want the Senate to stay put until the SAVE America Act passes, be it through the party-line budget reconciliation process or by nuking the filibuster.GOP RIFT GROWS AS THUNE HITS BRAKES ON TRUMP'S ELECTION BILL TO AVERT SHUTDOWNTrump’s pressure, the online zeitgeist and the political hot potato of the situation have put incumbents in a tough spot: go home and admit defeat, or stay put and push legislation that so far has not gone anywhere.For many Republicans, they openly acknowledge that it’s a math problem in the Senate — the GOP does not ...