GOP’s ‘rubberstamp’ of Trump puts US Senate in play, Dem campaign chair says

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirsten Gillibrand said the president’s low approval ratings and the ongoing war in Iran remind her of the 2006 election cycle, when the party flipped both chambers of Congress.
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