CNN: NRCC Chairman Is Encouraging GOP Candidates To Distance From Trump

On Friday's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN reporter Melanie Zanona claimed that Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) had instructed some GOP candidates to avoid bringing up the name of the former president.

"I am informed that Tom Emmer, who leads the House GOP's campaign arm, has been quietly advising some Republican candidates in competitive districts to avoid the Trump topic and to avoid becoming sidetracked by the former president while they are out on the campaign trail," Zanona added. So it is very evident that GOP leaders want Joe Biden to be the focus of the upcoming midterm elections rather than Donald Trump.