President Donald Trump warned Republicans that Texas and Michigan are among the states the party is \u201cworried about\u201d ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, while speaking to voters in Oklahoma on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Fresh off an event in Texas, Trump told a crowd in the reliably Republican state that he was not concerned about Oklahoma but that Republicans needed to turn out voters in other states.<\/p>\n
“I feel a little foolish, you know. I\u2019m saying, ‘go out and vote, go out and vote.’ You\u2019re gonna, they\u2019re gonna win in the last half, but still go out and vote,” Trump said. “But we\u2019re not worried about them. We\u2019re worried about Michigan. We\u2019re worried about Texas. We\u2019re worried about a few states.”<\/p>\n
Trump later said Republicans need to get the word out about the midterms, citing what he described as 35 to 40 races that the party is concerned about.<\/p>\n
“But we have to get the word out because we have to win in those 35. Maybe you could even say 40 places, 40 races,” Trump said. “You have many, you have hundreds of races, but it\u2019s all about 40.”<\/p>\n
Trump also again urged supporters to imagine that he himself was on the ballot.<\/p>\n
“So you have to pretend I\u2019m on the ticket and turn out for a midterm victory that\u2019s really too big to rig,” Trump said.<\/p>\n
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<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>Donald Trump raises his fist after delivering remarks at the Peterbilt Motors facility in Denton, Texas, on October 1, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Kent Nishimura\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Trump sought to rally Republicans by attacking Democrats over inflation and immigration, repeating claims about the number and backgrounds of migrants who entered the country during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n Trump has repeatedly made claims about millions of migrants entering the U.S. from prisons and mental institutions, but those claims have been disputed and are not supported by evidence showing that foreign governments emptied prisons or institutions and sent those people to the United States.<\/p>\n The president also said his administration was running the country well but criticized Republicans for what he called poor “public relations.”<\/p>\n