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Politics● LowOct 29 · Oct 29, 2026, 9:10 AM

GOP's closing argument gets cheeky

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Axios · North America

President Trump seems to think he can save a vulnerable Ohio Republican senator's ass by talking about how strong it is.Why it matters: Republicans are getting hammered over the war in Iran, gas prices and data centers. But they're playing along with Trump's ogling of male candidates, which he's described as an election strategy."I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body because I didn't know he was a great athlete. And I looked and I watched up and down and I looked at his ass," Trump said of Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) at an Ohio rally."My wife and I have a good sense of

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