President Donald Trump slammed Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen as an "absolute total tool" of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
At a campaign rally in Nashville, Tenn., for Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. — who is facing Bredesen in November to replace retiring Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. — Trump urged the crowd to vote Republican "to continue this incredible progress, to keep on winning."
"You see what's happening, so Marsha's very liberal Democrat opponent Phil Bredesen, who is he?" Trump said. "I never heard of this guy. Who is he? He is an absolute total tool of Chuck Schumer: He's a tool of Chuck Schumer and, of course, the MS-13 lover Nancy Pelosi."
"So, Philbert was recruited by Schumer to run for the Senate," Trump added. "He had to get Pelosi's approval. Can you believe this? And if Bredesen were ever to get elected, he would do whatever Chuck and Nancy – remember the term? Chuck and Nancy – they don't want the wall. They want open borders. They are more interested in taking care of criminals than they are in taking care of you."
"Bredesen donated a lot of money to the campaign of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton," he continued. "Crooked Hillary."
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