Trump holds Dallas rally as impeachment fight messes with his lead in Texas

The president is hoping to shore up Republican support as some suburban voters break away.

DALLAS — Texas on Thursday night offered President Donald Trump a much-needed break from the backlash over his Syria decision and the relentlessness of the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.

To an adoring crowd at his campaign rally, he tested out new, aggressive messaging as he sought to cast Democrats as politically extreme, the Biden family as corrupt, and the media in cahoots with both of them as part of a grand conspiracy.

He justified the idea of removing American troops from Syria by saying he did not want to deplete the U.S. military anymore or continue to entangle the U.S. in what he called “the endless wars.”

View the complete October 1y article by Nancy Cook on the Politico website here.