Democrats are focused on obstruction, and President Donald Trump is campaigning nationwide for candidates to ensure his "winning agenda" and economic prosperity continue, White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp said Friday.
"We have accomplished so much, even though we have had a very tight majority in the Senate and obviously in the House as well," Schlapp told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "I think we have to remember the Democrats' policies are ones of obstruction. Their goal is to stay focused on investigation and wasting taxpayer dollars and not allowing the president or the American people to succeed."
The White House is "optimistic" about the GOP retaining control of the House, said Schlapp, and Trump has been actively supporting candidates in both the House and Senate races.
"It's amazing, the amount of effort he is spending, the energy he is spending going around the country, talking about this great economic story, this economic prosperity that we have just witnessed," said Schlapp. "The unemployment rate is actually historically low, especially for the minority groups, for Americans, hispanics, women, veterans, it is something that we're seeing that's unprecedented. And it's a great story to tell."
But the "hysteria of the left" hinges on socialism, a "word that's very dangerous here in America," said Schlapp. "They're focused on moving towards government controlled healthcare, taking away options for Americans, and as well as making sure that we lead to tax increases which as we know will stunt the growth of this economy. "
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