Politico: Some Senior Republicans Privately Conclude Keeping House Control in Midterms Is Nearly Impossible / Focus Now Shifts to Limiting the Scale of Defeat and Preserving the Party's Senate Majority / Trump Administration Officials: Support for More Candidates May Be Halted to Redirect Ad Funding to Where It Is More Likely to Have an Impact

Trump administration officials and other senior Republican Party leaders say support for more candidates may be halted in the coming days so advertising funds can be moved to races where they are more likely to have an impact. Republican groups have already withdrawn from several contests in which they had hoped to defeat Democratic representatives.

Politico wrote: Some senior Republican figures in Congress have concluded in private circles that retaining control of the House in the midterm elections is likely to be nearly impossible. Now their focus is on limiting the size of the defeat and maintaining the party's majority in the Senate.

According to "Select" report; Five top Republican lawmakers, who spoke to POLITICO on condition of anonymity to speak candidly about their party's dire situation, said Republicans have nearly lost control of the House.

One of the top Republicans in the House of Representatives said that the party's goal in the current situation is to "keep as many Republican seats as we can." According to this lawmaker, the president is not helping this situation either.

The representative said: "President Trump has made this election a very personal issue for himself. Now we have to survive this political storm."

Another Republican member of Congress said the changes in the way election campaigns are allocated will clearly show which side has the upper hand in the midterm elections. The lawmaker predicted that the Democrats would gain about 10 seats; A number that is more than enough to take control of the House of Representatives.

Even in Republican states with newly redrawn districts, such as Florida and Texas, Republican candidates are "clinging to the status quo with the last of their strength," the representative said.

So far, the Republicans have withdrawn from several competitive electoral districts of the House of Representatives in which they no longer consider victory likely. These constituencies include those represented by Marianne Miller-Meeks in Iowa and Tom Cain Jr. in New Jersey. Trump won these areas only two years ago in the presidential election.

The GOP also last week dropped its bid to retain a district in Omaha, Nebraska, held by retiring Republican Rep. Don Bacon.

Trump administration officials and other top GOP operatives say endorsements for more candidates may be withheld in the coming days to shift campaign funds to races where they are more likely to have an impact. Republican groups have also pulled out of several races in which they once hoped to defeat Democratic representatives.

The Republican Party is under intense pressure throughout the Midwest region of America; An area where the party is now forced to pay heavy costs to defend Senate seats in states that were once reliably supported by the MAGA movement; Including Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.

Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican who has often disagreed with the White House and distanced himself from the party's mainstream, said his party's political problems are no secret.

"I've talked to some of the people who make these decisions," Bacon said. "The biggest problem is the president's poll statistics and the level of people's negative view of him."

White House officials insist they have not given up trying to retain control of either house of Congress. White House spokeswoman Liz Houston said in a statement that Trump remains "committed to preserving Republican majorities in both the House and Senate."

On Tuesday, Trump expressed optimism about the outcome of the midterm elections as he traveled to Alaska to campaign for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is facing a tough race; However, he acknowledged that the incumbent president's party usually loses seats in midterm elections.

Trump added: "But I'm doing a campaign tour right now and I'm participating in rallies. "The level of enthusiasm for the Republican Party has increased dramatically."

Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson went even further, declaring during his campaign stop in a heavily Republican state of Texas that "the polls are wrong"; Polls show that his party is on the verge of a massive defeat.

At the level of practical action, however, the GOP's decisions to shift funding from defending House seats to trying to save the Senate majority are clear enough.

In recent days, the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), the largest independent political action committee supporting House Republicans, canceled its campaigns for key House candidates in Nebraska and Iowa. The group also allowed the Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican group focused on Senate races, to use the freed up campaign time to support Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is running for the Senate from Iowa.

Another Republican lawmaker said: "These are not the actions of a party that is supposed to maintain control of the House of Representatives."

The Congressional Leadership Fund and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) said in statements to Politico that they have no plans to stop trying to retain control of the House of Representatives.

Mike Marinella, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee for Congressional Elections, said that victory in electoral districts is achieved "one by one" and that the Republican Party has "the financial power and the field organization necessary to win".

Chris Winkleman, president of the Congressional Leadership Fund, also said the group will continue to shift funding to maximize its impact nationally.

The goal, he said, is to "keep the pressure on the most vulnerable Democratic candidates and leave a path to 218 seats."

Carlos Curbelo, a former Florida Republican who lost a competitive seat in the first midterm election of the Trump presidency eight years ago, said his former colleagues have a realistic view of where the election is likely to go.

"The political conditions are as difficult as one would expect," Corbelo said. "In recent weeks, no one has said in private circles that they believe Republicans can retain control of the House of Representatives."