Trump Rallies in Florida for Donalds and Moody Days Before Midterm Elections

President Donald Trump held a Friday night rally in Florida days before the midterm elections, urging voters to back Republican candidates Byron Donalds and Sen. Ashley Moody and announcing additional hurricane aid for the state. Trump said he approved $184 million in extra FEMA disaster funding for the Florida Panhandle after requests from Donalds and Moody. The declaration covers 15 counties in northwest Florida damaged by Hurricane Isaias, and residents can seek temporary housing, home repairs and other recovery aid. Protesters interrupted the event, and Trump attacked Democrats, actor Robert De Niro and hecklers. Donalds told the crowd Republicans had to win in four days. Trump has campaigned for about a month as polls tighten in many states and Democrats seek control of the Senate and House. Moody, who is up for reelection next week, faces Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon and declined to debate her. Her campaign scheduled a Monday get-out-the-vote rally in St. Petersburg with Gov. Ron DeSantis, with press admitted by invitation only. Donalds says his plan would cut insurance premiums 20%.

Left-leaning CBS News frames Trump's Friday stop as a puzzle, asking why he is campaigning in deep red Florida with only days left. Mother Jones turns to Moody, saying she leads while barely campaigning: invite-only press at her rally, a Florida Phoenix reporter's complaint, no debate with Nixon, whom it calls a Democratic socialist, and avoidance of reporters. Right-leaning Just the News centers on Donalds, who touts broad independent support, a plan to lower insurance premiums and a law-and-order message he says will defy pessimistic national polls. Both sides focus on Florida Republicans but differ on emphasis: the left examines Moody's tactics, the right highlights Donalds's pitch. Alternative-leaning Newsweek is the only one covering the rally itself, including FEMA funding, protesters and the De Niro remarks.