WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump told Tennesseans "the whole world is watching" as Republicans work to avert a disaster in the Dec. 2 special election for Tennessee's 7th congressional district.
Trump, speaking through a cellphone held by House Speaker Mike Johnson, urged Tennesseans on the eve of the election to vote for Republican nominee Matt Van Epps in the race against Democrat Afyn Behn, which has suddenly garnered national spotlight for being surprisingly close.
Johnson was in Franklin, Tennessee, where he joined Van Epps and top Tennessee Republicans in a final push to try to stop Democrats from pulling off an upset.
"Remember, he's got a majority of three, and there aren't a lot of people who can do that," Trump said on Dec. 1, referring to the speaker's slim Republican majority in the House. "We we have to win this seat."
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