Trump Returns to Trail in North Carolina With Senate in Play

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump visited North Carolina in his first campaign stop since the GOP’s Dallas midterm convention, seeking to boost Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who is trailing Democrat Roy Cooper in the polls.

The race in North Carolina could be critical to determining which party controls the Senate, and the president’s rally at an airfield in Gastonia, outside Charlotte, offered a sign of the deep concern within GOP ranks over their prospects for holding onto the chamber.

“A vote for Roy Cooper is a vote to give control of the US Senate,” Trump said Wednesday, casting the race as having stakes far beyond the state. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey speak with: • Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Tyler Kendall. • The Cook Political Report Editor Jessica Taylor. • Republican Main Street Partnership President and CEO Sarah Chamberlain and Maywood Strategies Principal Doug Farrar. • Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Gautam Mukunda. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.