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President Donald Trump races to remind supporters he personally was not on the ballot as GOP faces up to disaster night at the polls, with ongoing federal blackout blamed for Democratic wins

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President Donald Trump moved quickly on Tuesday night to distance himself from a dire slate of election results for Republicans across the country and to demand his party finally end the government shutdown and “get back to passing legislation.”