By David McAfee ,
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump sits with Susie Wiles as he attends the New York Jets football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS
A conservative pollster who personally warned President Donald Trump about the coming midterm disaster, only to watch him change the subject to golf, says this week’s Republican wipeout was avoidable.
“If only they had listened,” Mark Mitchell, head pollster at The Honest Polling Company, wrote on X late on Saturday. “Susie heard my advice a year ago, as did Trump. Didn’t have to be this way.”
Mitchell was referring to Susie Wiles, Trump’s outgoing chief of staff, who left the White House on Friday after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress.
He has the receipts. Last December, The Washington Post reported that Vice President JD Vance arranged a White House lunch with Mitchell so he could warn Trump about the looming midterm losses. According to the Post , Trump engaged briefly with the data on his declining support, then lost interest and shifted the conversation to golf and fundraising.
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