Candidates need the Trump base, but they don’t want Trump: Bob Cusack

Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Republican candidates face a conundrum in the midterm elections: They need President Donald Trump’s base to turn out, but his “abysmal” numbers make him a liability. “If he goes to Mai…
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