Boosting GOP, Trump accuses Pelosi of being an 'MS-13 lover'

President Donald Trump yesterday accused House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of being an "MS-13 lover" and dismissed a Democratic Senate candidate as a "tool" of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a line of attack likely to become familiar as he boosts Republican congressional candidates ahead of mid-term elections.

Trump's visit to Nashville, Tennessee, promoted the Senate candidacy of Republican Marsha Blackburn, who was expected to face former Governor Phil Bredesen in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Bob Corker. Besides headlining a private fund-raiser for Blackburn, he used a public rally to urge supporters not to become "complacent" this fall while Democrats were "sticking together" to block his agenda.

"We need Marsha in the Senate to continue the amazing progress and work that we've done over the last year and a half," Trump said during the rally. "To keep on winning, you have to vote Republican in November." The Tennessee campaign is among several races expected to determine control of the Senate, where Republicans are defending a narrow two-seat majority.

The president criticized Bredesen for being backed by national Democrats."He's a tool of Chuck Schumer and of course the MS-13 lover Nancy Pelosi," Trump said.

Earlier this month, the House Democratic leader criticized Trump's rhetoric and policies on immigrants after he called members of the international gang "animals."
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto quickly replied to Trump, writing yesterday on his Twitter account in English, which Pena Nieto seldom does "NO. Mexico will NEVER pay for a wall. Not now, not ever. Sincerely, Mexico (all of us)."
Earlier yesterday, Trump raised the prospect of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe affecting the November elections and blamed Democrats for "Collusion."
Tennessee has a history of electing centrist senators and the race could be complicated by Corker's up-and-down relationship with Trump. Corker once said Trump had turned the White House into an "adult day care center" and the president tweeted that Corker "couldn't get elected dog catcher in Tennessee."
Corker has called Bredesen a friend and said he won't actively campaign against him. Trump offered an early endorsement of Blackburn in April, tweeting that she is "a wonderful woman who has always been there when we have needed her. Great on the Military, Border Security and Crime."