An Upbeat Trump Predicts Lots of Republicans Will Win This November 6

President Donald Trump often says the only reason to vote Democratic is if you “are tired of winning,” and speaking Saturday in Elko, Nevada, he predicted Republicans are going to be doing a lot of winning across the nation come Election Day 2018.

“I like where we stand in the election,” Trump told those gathered at the latest of his signature Make America Great Again rallies.

“You know, I think that blue wave is being rapidly shattered. All the Democrats want is power, and they’ve got this blue wave deal going, but it’s not looking like a blue wave.”

He said, “I think Dean Heller is going to win here. I think Martha McSally — she was great last night, I think she’s going to win. I just visited the great state of Big Sky … and I’ll tell you what, they’re going to win. They’re going to win in Montana. We’re going to win all over.”

He also added, “I think we’re going to win in Indiana. I think we’re going to win with Josh, I think we’re going to win in Missouri. I think Rick Scott is going to win in the great state of Florida. We’re going to have a great governor in Florida … You know who I’m talking about, Ron DeSantis … Just like Adam Laxalt is going to be a great governor for you.”

Trump was referring to Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), whose re-election effort was all but given up as doomed only a few weeks ago. He now has a small lead over Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). And Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) appears to have a similarly razor-thin lead over Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz).

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In Montana, Trump was referring to Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale, who has battled Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to a dead heat with two weeks to go. The president’s reference to “Josh” was to Republican Josh Hawley, who has a slight lead and a lot of momentum against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has battled Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to a dead heat, but acted decisively in preparing his state for the recent devastation left by Hurricane Michael.

Similarly, former Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is in a dead heat against Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D).

And Adam Laxalt is the Republican candidate for governor in Nevada; he’s in a tight race with Democrat Steve Sisolak, chairman of the Clark County Commission. Clark County is Nevada’s most populous county. Laxalt is the grandson of Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.).

The lengthy list of races in which Trump predicts GOP wins reflected his nearly nonstop pace of campaign rallies in recent weeks as he tries to boost Republican chances of maintaining majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives in 2019 and 2020.

The Elko speech also reflected Trump’s continuing theme of branding Democrats as the party of crime and of mobs.

“The Democrats don’t care that a flood of illegal immigration will bankrupt the country,” he told the boisterous crowd in a bright morning sun. “Democrats want the caravan. They like the caravan,” he said, referring to the caravan of several thousand Central American men, women and children organized in the latest so-called Migrant March through Mexico and to the U.S. border.

Where Mexican officials previously allowed such marchers to pass through their country relatively unimpeded, this time — due to the strong urging of Trump — the caravan was stopped at Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala.

“It’s sad, it’s sad from both sides, it’s sad from their side also,” Trump said of the marchers. “But we’re going to figure it out. I’ll be honest with you, I’ve already figured it out.” That declaration brought a round of cheers from the crowd.

“The Democrats don’t care that a flood of illegal immigration will bankrupt the country. Democrats want the caravan, they like the caravan.”

“We’re going to make a lot of people happy. I think I’ll keep it a little bit low-key until the election,” he added, without offering any further details about the apparent solution Trump has in mind.

Saturday’s events also provided a possible preview of the 2020 presidential campaign; Trump is expected to seek a second term in order to “keep America winning.” With his approval rating now at the highest point of his presidency at 51 percent, Trump may go into his re-election campaign stronger than expected.

The leading contender at the moment to oppose Trump in 2020 is former Vice President Joe Biden, who leads a huge field of potential Democratic White House aspirants by a large margin in most recent polls.

Biden spoke Saturday to a crowd of union members in Las Vegas and said American values are “being shredded by a president who is all about himself.”

Biden also said basic decency is “being shredded right now” by the president. “It’s all about Donald,” Biden said.

Trump returned the favor, derisively referring to the former vice president as “one percent Joe” because of his dismal showing in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary.