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It's Sunday, August 5th. I'm Margaret Brennan, and this is Face the Nation.

President Trump is enjoying his 10-day vacation doing what he loves most, campaigning.

A hundred years, I guess, 125 years, whoever has the White House, that party tends to lose the midterm.

Look, if the Democrats get in, they're going to raise your taxes.

You're going to have crime all over the place.

You're going to have people pouring across the border.

But in terms of what's going on behind the scenes to prepare for the midterms, the president's

message is less clear. Last week, a dramatic presentation from top national security leaders

underscored the administration's determination to keep the Russians from

interfering. We acknowledge the threat. It is real. It is continuing. Our democracy itself is in the

crosshairs. This is a threat we need to take extremely seriously.

We're not going to accept meddling in the elections.

But that sharp warning was undermined by the president himself just hours later.

Now we're being hindered by the Russian hooks.

It's a hoax.

At last night's rally for a congressional candidate in Ohio,

the president appeared to be back on message and even expanded it.

We got to stop meddling. We got to stop everybody from attacking

us but there are a lot. Russia's there, China's there. Hey, we're doing well with

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