Donald Trump previewed a Republican midterm strategy Friday by portraying Democrats as "godless communists" posing an existential threat to the nation, seizing on recent wins by democratic socialists backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference at the Washington Hilton hotel, Trump claimed without evidence the election winners "want to destroy our country" and warned that communists target Christianity for persecution. Republican strategists view Mamdani's rise as an opening to tag the entire Democratic Party with extremist views as the GOP trails in polls over inflation and foreign policy concerns.
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