Ahead of vote in tight Ohio race, prez predicts ‘Red Wave’ in midterms

President Trump is confidently predicting a “Red Wave” in this year’s midterm elections, ahead of a bellwether special congressional election coming up in Ohio tomorrow.

In that race — taking place almost exactly three months out from the national midterms — GOP candidate state Sen. Troy Balderson is vying for an open House seat in central Ohio against Democrat Danny O’Connor, a county official.

But despite Trump’s bluster on Twitter yesterday, polls have shown the race in what’s normally a safely red district to be a statistical dead heat. A Democratic victory there would ratchet up already mounting Republican fears that at least one of the two chambers of Congress could turn blue after the Nov. 6 general elections.

Trump swung by the area Saturday night to rally Republicans behind Balderson, highlighting the country’s strong economic growth since Trump was elected. The president made the pitch that candidates should hitch themselves to him and run on the populist “America First” platform that won him the 2016 presidential race.

Trump continued in that vein yesterday afternoon, tweeting out, “We are winning on just about every front.”

That digital missive came several hours after the president celebrated the first day of his weeklong vacation at a New Jersey golf club he owns by unleashing a series of tweets whacking at fan favorites: the “FAKE NEWS!” media and “Rigged Witch Hunt” special-counsel investigation into his administration. He also touted his tariff policies and some approval numbers.

Trump didn’t circle back to his criticism of basketball star LeBron James, who a couple of days earlier he tweeted was stupid after James slammed the president during an interview about the charter school he’s opening. He also avoided the topic at the Balderson rally, which was held just over 100 miles away from Ohio favorite James’ home of Akron, where the new school will be.