JOHNSON CITY – As the fate of his Supreme Court pick hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump barnstormed Monday for Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee, warning that Democrats will unleash havoc if they gain control of Congress in November and accusing them of trying to sink his nominee.
“A Democratic takeover of Congress will plunge our country into gridlock and chaos and take away all of the wealth that you’ve earned over the last 20 months,” Trump warned, claiming the stock market would plummet, 401(k)s disappear, taxes rise beyond “your wildest imagination,” and crime go through the roof.
It was a dire picture painted by a president eager to convince his raucous supporters of what’s at stake in November as he headlined a high-dollar, closed-door fundraiser and appeared at a packed rally in Johnson City to boost U.S. Rep. Blackburn in her tight Senate race against the state’s Democratic ex-Gov. Phil Bredesen.
Trump praised Blackburn as a “true fighter” for Tennessee, telling the crowd, “She’s all about Tennessee values.”
“A vote for Marsha is really a vote for me,” he said.