“When President Trump announced that he would hold an unusual party convention just weeks ahead of the midterm elections, he wrote online that it would be ‘a truly Historic Event’ and ‘a RALLY like none other!,'” the New York Times reports.“But as they stare down a bleak political environment, with the president’s approval rating at a record low, many House and Senate Republicans running in competitive races across the country are keeping their distance from Mr. Trump’s Dallas pep rally next week, choosing to stay home and campaign instead.”