Instead, a range of party leaders were pushing messages of patriotism. “Forget these four,” said Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to the president, in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, effectively offered Mr. Trump a tutorial in how to go on the offensive without inviting a backlash. “It has to do with the content of their policies.”The election is still more than 15 months away, and eventually the Democrats will have a standard-bearer to define the party in opposition to Mr. Trump. The Democrats who fared the best in the midterms were those who played down Mr. Trump while highlighting issues like protecting the health insurance of people with pre-existing conditions.

Source: New York Times July 17, 2019 00:31 UTC