Republicans Claim Trump Closed a 17-Point Gap in Kentucky. That’s Not Quite What Happened.

It seemed in many ways like nothing new: another high-ranking Republican official offering a dubious assertion about the potent political powers of President Trump.

But a claim from the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel — that Mr. Trump helped lift Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky from a 17-point deficit in the polls to nearly even in Tuesday’s election — took the president’s practice of crediting himself to a new level. CONT.

Jeremy W. Peters & Maggie Haberman, New York Times