they'd be massacred

we'd even see Republicans get net gains

however,

this isn't a normal environment

Trump _OPENLY_ pushes for gun control

Republicans aren't as active on gun rights as Democrats are on gun control

When the leader of the GOP is not for gun rights,

and the GOP Congress doesn't stand up for gun rights,

the normal swing of gun owners voting Republican doesn't occur

so again, Trump needs to stop trying to appeal to Democrats and Republicans need to speak up

But,

it's possible neither gun policy or healthcare dominate the midterms,

in every election cycle,

midterm elections have always been a wave against the party in power,

except under two circumstances

Bill Clinton's second midterms

and George Bush's first midterms

there were extraordinary circumstances surrounding these events,

9/11

and Clinton's impeachment

Woah hold on a moment

9/11 saw Americans put their political differences aside and rally under Bush

it's how Bush won in 2004 despite everything else

December of 1998 was the impeachment, wasn't it?

Clinton's impeachment caused Democrats to not lose seats because he was actually popular

@FLanon and?

Wasn't that after the midterms?

I wouldn't really know the dynamics since I wasn't really around

Republicans were building it up

Republicans had been talking about impeaching Clinton since the second the Lewinsky scandal dropped

Anyways, I get it, we need something extraordinary to have net gains

As much as I hate to say it,

Immigration is not an important issue among ALL voters,

but it is among Republicans,

if Trump wants to maximize his base's turnout

he MUST implement the immigration agenda

he can forget about Independents,

Democrats,

it won't matter.

I feel that Republicans, especially Trump's base would be especially motivated by a justice move

Trump's base is 35% of the population