# Republicans urged to link Trump’s record with voters’ cost of living concerns

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mehek-cooke-trumps-record-is-the-gops-best-weapon-in-the-midterms/
- Published: 2026-10-28T13:33:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T13:40:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mehek-cooke-trumps-record-gops-best-weapon-midterms
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- The article urges Republicans to campaign on Trump’s record.
- It cites a 95% fall in border apprehensions.
- Cost of living remains voters’ top economic concern.

## Summary

The article argues that Republicans should centre their midterm campaigns on President Donald Trump’s record, while acknowledging that voters remain concerned about living costs. It says Democrats’ attacks on Trump have made him central to the election, and urges Republicans to connect their claims on border security, crime and government accountability to voters’ economic concerns.

It cites a poll finding that 72% of voters say support for or opposition to Trump will affect their congressional vote, while 60% name the cost of living as their top economic concern. The article reports fewer than 99,000 south-west border apprehensions in fiscal year 2026, a 95% fall from the annual average under Joe Biden, and no Border Patrol releases that year. It also says the administration cancelled about 315,000 unauthorised Obamacare enrolments covering more than 760,000 people, with an estimated $2.2 billion in subsidy savings.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: Republicans urged to link Trump’s record with voters’ cost of living concerns](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mehek-cooke-trumps-record-gops-best-weapon-midterms)
- [Daily Mail: Trump finally plays his Marco Rubio card before midterms as GOP experts hail 'best asset' and 2028 talk stirs](https://www.dailymail.com/news/us-politics/article-16245697/Trump-finally-plays-Marco-Rubio-card-midterms.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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