House GOP on growing majority post-Harris entrance: ‘Ominous’
By
Emily Hallas
August 16, 2024 11:06 am
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House Republicans sounded the alarm on their chances to expand their majority in the lower chamber as they seek to rev up conservatives and ward off Vice President Kamala Harris’s momentum.
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), who heads the House GOP’s campaign arm, told his colleagues that “the Democrats are at the gates,” according to Punchbowl News.
Democrats only need to gain four seats to capture the majority in the House this November. Hudson is the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which last month announced that its $37 million fundraising haul was the largest amount ever recorded in the second quarter of an election year.
His comments came as key Republican members from the lower chamber gathered for a conference call Thursday evening. Echoing Hudson’s warning was the lower chamber’s top Republican.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said his party is facing an “ominous” political landscape as many Republicans were caught off-guard by Harris’s sudden ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket.
Harris is shrinking former President Donald Trump’s lead in several battleground states where Republican congressional candidates are in tight races.
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