GOP insider gives 'losing' assessment of party ahead of midterms: 'Not a good thing'

A Republican Party representative has said the party will struggle in the months ahead as public mood shifts over recent ICE shootings.

Jose Arango, the Republican chair of Hudson County, New Jersey, says the GOP is not offering an image close to relatable given Donald Trump's administration actions in Minneapolis. Arango, speaking to Politico, said, "The image that has been created is not a good thing. We’re losing in the public relations campaign."

Trump's polling figures on immigration hit a new low earlier this week, with Reuters reporting approval had fallen from 41% to 39%. The 39% approval rating is the lowest figure Trump has faced on the topic of immigration during his second term.

GOP reps are turning on Trump and his rhetoric over recent ICE activity. Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt said, "The president can feel, generally, that his policies at the border have been largely supported by a majority of Americans. But what he’s doing inside the border seems to be not working."

An unnamed strategist has since shared their thoughts on what Trump must now do to fix the immigration approval rating. The anonymous source said, "When I think of immigrants broadly, I don’t think of Minnesota."

"People want to see, like, okay, ‘I voted for taking criminal illegal immigrants and getting them out of the country. I want to see criminal illegal immigrants taken out of the country. I want to see more miles of wall being built.’ I feel like we talked about the wall weekly in Trump 1. I don’t remember the last time we talked about the wall in Trump 2."

Trump may be causing further complications for the GOP in the lead up to the midterms, with a strategist pulling apart his insulting comments.

Tara Setmayer, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Seneca Project, told MS NOW's Chris Jansing that although Trump has insisted that "economic growth is exploding" under his leadership during his speech Tuesday in Clive, Iowa, data has shown otherwise."

"As a 30-year political communicator, I have never seen anyone ever be advised that they should be insulting their voters," Setmayer said. "I guess Trump is in the 'I'm going to insult everyone' era of his presidency. That doesn't go over. And when he jets in and out of these places, places that are now competitive. Iowa is a competitive space, that's why he's there."