President Donald Trump quoted the actor and author Ben Stein to celebrate Republicans picking up seats in the Senate on Wednesday.
“There’s only been 5 times in the last 105 years that an incumbent President has won seats in the Senate in the off year election. Mr. Trump has magic about him. This guy has magic coming out of his ears. He is an astonishing vote getter & campaigner. The Republicans are………
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
….unbelievably lucky to have him and I’m just awed at how well they’ve done. It’s all the Trump magic – Trump is the magic man. Incredible, he’s got the entire media against him, attacking him every day, and he pulls out these enormous wins.” Ben Stein, “The Capitalist Code”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
The tweets quoted from Stein’s appearance on Fox Business Network at half-past midnight.