Trump has blunt 4-word message for Democrats if his nightmare comes true
President Donald Trump already has a game plan in place if Democrats win control of the House during the midterm elections in November.
In an interview released Thursday with Time magazine , Trump said he believes the GOP will keep its standing in Congress if he is involved in campaigning, even as Democrats have continued to hold an advantage on generic ballots in recent polls.
The president is set to do just that, traveling to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday to begin a 32-day campaign blitz aimed at boosting Republican candidates.
"For whatever reason, I don't understand it, nobody does. Nobody's been able to explain it. Whoever wins the presidency, Republican or Democrat, automatically does poorly in the midterms... but we shouldn't," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday.
The president's decision to enter the field will put him at the center of the GOP's fight to retain its majorities in both chambers. It comes as he has repeatedly encouraged his party's voters to pretend he is on the ballot.
"If I campaign for people, those people are going to win," he told the outlet.
But Trump signaled that he is already prepared if Democrats were to ultimately regain the House.
"They'll probably go after me," Trump said, appearing to reference his warnings that he will face impeachment efforts against him.
"And I'll go after them," he added.
He did not expand further on what that would entail.
Pressed further on his expectations for the midterms, Trump said he has not thought about dispatching ICE agents to polling places. He then indicated he has not ruled out declaring a state of emergency, unless there is a widespread violence, in the lead-up to Election Day on Nov. 3.
"I've never used it," he said of the Insurrection Act, which authorizes the president the ability to deploy military forces inside the U.S. "I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it sometimes."
With his caution against Democrats, he also expressed an openness that he will consider pardoning members of his administration before the end of his second term.
"Yeah, sure I'd do that," he replied, adding: "Well, Sleepy Joe Biden, he gave pardons to everyone."
Trump sat down for the wide-ranging interview with the magazine at the White House on Sept. 28.
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