Trump’s Turning Point USA stop to bolster young voters

President Trump is set to be the main speaker at Turning Point USA’s event in Arizona on Friday to bolster Republican turnout for the upcoming midterms.

The “Build the Red Wall” event that will take place at a church in Arizona comes at a time where support among young voters for Trump’s performance is slipping amid the Iran war.  

Polls show young voters are also worried about the economy and affordability, and some see the administration’s actions towards immigrants as heavy handed. 

The church setting is also notable given Trump’s controversies this week in posting repeated Jesus memes that have triggered blasphemy criticisms.

While some Republican strategists said it would be an opportunity for Trump to champion his accomplishments, others worry the heaping distractions away from his domestic policy could prove problematic for Republicans in the midterms.

“Trump is the best messenger for his policies, it’s just sometimes he doesn’t actually deliver the message,” Barrett Marson, a GOP consultant, said. “He needs to be talking about affordability, and the tax cuts of the ‘one big, beautiful bill’ and how it has saved Arizonans hundreds or even 1000s of dollars a year.”

“And he probably needs to talk a little bit about the Iran war, but talk about it in realistic terms, which he has yet to do,” he said. “Young people are very much against this war. He needs to try to work to convince them that what he is doing is right and worthy,” Marson continued.

“I know this is like a four-letter word for him, but focus. He needs to focus and he can’t,” Marson said.

Turning Point USA, a conservative political group that aims to bring conservative politics to high school and college........

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