2026年4月20日 美国东部时间下午1:35 / 福克斯新闻频道
苏西·怀尔斯组织此次集会，当前共和党正与通胀、高油价以及特朗普低于预期的支持率作斗争
作者：保罗·施泰因豪泽 福克斯新闻
参议员约翰·肯尼迪就中期选举前共和党担忧发表讲话
路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪在“周末大型秀”节目中，就中期选举前共和党方面的担忧发表讲话，强调市场势头以及唐纳德·特朗普总统对油价的预测。
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距离2026年选举日仅剩六个月之际，唐纳德·特朗普总统的顶级政治顾问周一将与来自全美数十位顶尖共和党政治顾问闭门举行战略会议，该党将在中期选举中捍卫其在众议院的微弱多数席位以及参议院的小幅优势。
此次会议由白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯和副幕僚长詹姆斯·布莱尔组织，怀尔斯曾是特朗普2024年总统竞选的联合主席。当前，执掌华盛顿的执政党正面临传统政治逆风，预计将丢失国会席位。共和党还在应对由持续通胀、民调显示不受欢迎的对伊战争推高的油价，以及总统低于预期的支持率所构成的艰难政治环境。
此次集会首先由Politico报道，旨在加强白宫政治团队与为中期选举决战提供咨询的顾问之间的协调、数据共享与战略协作。
战略会议：特朗普团队闭门商讨中期选举信息传递
2026年3月16日，在华盛顿特区白宫，唐纳德·特朗普总统与肯尼迪中心董事会成员共进午餐，时任办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯在旁陪同。（安纳贝尔·戈登/法新社）
此次会议召开两周前，特朗普宣布布莱尔将暂时离开白宫职务，从外部主导中期选举战略。总统在社交媒体帖子中表示，布莱尔将“短暂休假，从外部牵头对抗民主党”，中期选举后将“重返白宫，继续完成我们的工作”。
这是中期选举前的第二次重要集会。怀尔斯、布莱尔和其他特朗普顶级政治顾问于2月在共和党国会山俱乐部与内阁官员及其高级助手会面，讨论推广特朗普议程以及其他中期选举信息传递工作。
上周，特朗普前往内华达州和亚利桑那州进行了为期两天的行程，这两个是今年选举的关键摇摆州，旨在宣传国会共和党通过并于去年夏季由他签署成为法律的减税法案。
重返竞选之路：特朗普造访摇摆州宣传减税法案
2026年4月16日周四，在拉斯维加斯，唐纳德·特朗普总统在一场关于取消小费税的圆桌会议上做出手势。（卢卡斯·佩尔蒂埃/美联社照片）
总统的行程是共和党上周全面施压的一部分，恰逢上周三的报税截止日，旨在突出减税政策，共和党坚称这将为他们在中期选举中赢得选民的政治支持。
减税法案是共和党大规模国内政策法案的核心内容，该法案几乎完全由共和党党派投票通过，在共和党控制的众议院和参议院获得通过。
该法案最初名为《超级宏伟法案》，后更名为《工薪家庭减税法案》，充斥着特朗普2024年竞选期间的承诺和第二任期优先事项，包括延长总统标志性的2017年减税政策，以及取消小费和加班工资税。
福克斯新闻独家报道：共和党抨击民主党反对特朗普减税法案
2025年7月4日，在华盛顿特区白宫，唐纳德·特朗普总统在与军人家庭举行的独立日野餐活动中签署全面支出和税收法案，即所谓的“超级宏伟法案”。（路透社/肯·塞德诺）
但上周共和党大部分信息传递被对伊战争的报道以及特朗普与教皇的公开争执所掩盖。
国会中的共和党人对中期选举前的政治环境越来越担忧。
“如果我们输掉中期选举，那将是因为我们没有谈及父母们晚上躺在床上时所担忧的事情……而这主要是生活成本，”路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪周六在福克斯新闻“周末大型秀”节目中表示。
在谈及减税法案时，肯尼迪说：“超级宏伟法案将在税收方面帮助很多人，也将帮助很多小企业。而这正是我希望总统多谈谈的内容。如果我们就此展开宣传，我们将赢得中期选举。”
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尽管民主党过去一年的民调支持率创下历史新低，但得益于一系列补缺选举和特别选举的胜利及出色表现，民主党人正积极投入中期选举，这在一定程度上要归功于他们自特朗普重返白宫以来对经济负担问题的精准聚焦。
美国民主党全国委员会周一在给支持者的电子邮件中宣称，“共和党在中期选举前陷入困境——他们自己也清楚这一点。”
保罗·施泰因豪泽是驻新罕布什尔州摇摆州的政治记者，他全程报道全国竞选活动。
GOP strategists called to DC as Trump team confronts rising midterm headwinds
April 20, 2026 1:35pm EDT / Fox News
Susie Wiles organized the gathering as the party battles inflation, rising gas prices and Trump’s underwater approval ratings
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Sen John Kennedy addresses GOP concerns ahead of midterms
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., addresses GOP concerns ahead of the midterm elections, highlighting market momentum and President Donald Trump’s gas price predictions on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’
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With the six-month mark until Election Day 2026 closing fast, President Donald Trump’s top political advisers are meeting behind closed doors Monday with dozens of leading Republican political consultants from across the country for a strategy session as the party defends its razor-thin House and slim Senate majorities in the midterms.
The meeting, organized by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who was co-chair of Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, and Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair, comes as the party in power in the nation’s capital faces traditional political headwinds and is expected to lose congressional seats. Republicans are also battling a challenging political climate fueled by persistent inflation, rising gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran, and the president’s underwater approval ratings.
The gathering, which was first reported by Politico, is aimed at establishing better coordination and sharing of data and strategy between the White House political team and consultants advising candidates in midterm showdowns.
STRATEGY SESSION: TRUMP’S TEAM HUDDLES ON MIDTERM MESSAGING
President Donald Trump hosts a lunch with the Kennedy Center Board members as chief of staff Susie Wiles looks on at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2026.(Annabelle Gordon/AFP)
The meeting also comes two weeks after Trump announced that Blair would temporarily step down from his White House role to steer midterm strategy from the outside. The president said in a social media post that Blair would take “a short leave of absence to lead the charge from the outside” against Democrats, and after the midterms would “return again to the White House, so we can finish the job.”
This is the second major gathering ahead of the midterms. Wiles, Blair and other top Trump political advisers met in February at the party’s Capitol Hill Club with Cabinet officials and their top aides to discuss promoting the Trump agenda and other midterm messaging.
Trump made a two-day swing last week to Nevada and Arizona, two crucial swing states in this year’s elections, to highlight the tax cuts that congressional Republicans passed, and which he signed into law last summer.
BACK ON THE TRAIL: TRUMP HITS BATTLEGROUND STATES TO TOUT TAX CUTS
President Donald Trump gestures at a roundtable event about no tax on tips, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Las Vegas(Lucas Peltier/AP Photo)
The president’s stops were part of a full-court press last week by Republicans, around last Wednesday’s tax filing deadline, to spotlight the tax cuts, which they insist will give them a political boost with voters in the midterms.
The tax cuts were a key component of Republicans’ massive domestic policy measure, which passed almost entirely along party lines in the GOP-controlled House and Senate.
The law, originally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act but rebranded as the Working Families Tax Cuts, is stuffed full of Trump’s 2024 campaign trail promises and second-term priorities, including extending the president’s signature 2017 tax cuts and eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay.
FIRST ON FOX: GOP TAKES AIM AT DEMOCRATS FOR OPPOSING TRUMP TAX CUTS
President Donald Trump signs sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” during a picnic with military families to mark Independence Day, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2025.(Reuters/Ken Cedeno)
But much of the GOP messaging last week was overshadowed by coverage of the war with Iran and Trump’s very public spat with the pope.
Republicans in Congress are increasingly concerned about the political climate ahead of the midterms.
“If we lose the midterms, it’ll be because we didn’t talk about what moms and dads are worried about when they lie down to sleep at night…and that’s primarily the cost of living, GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said Saturday in an appearance on Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show.”
And pointing to the tax cuts, Kennedy said the “One Big Beautiful Bill is going to help a lot of people in terms of their taxes and a lot of small businesses. And that’s what I wish the president would talk more about. If we talk about it, we’ll win the midterms.”
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Despite the Democratic Party’s poll numbers hitting all-time lows over the past year, Democrats are energized heading into the midterms thanks to a slew of off-year-election and special election victories and over performances, thanks in part to their laser focus on affordability since Trump returned to the White House.
The Democratic National Committee, in an email release Monday to supporters, claimed that “Republicans are in trouble ahead of the midterms — and they know it.”
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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