{"id":386779,"date":"2026-10-11T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-republican-congressman-is-defying-trump-to-try-and-save-his-seat-in-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:00:27","slug":"this-republican-congressman-is-defying-trump-to-try-and-save-his-seat-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-republican-congressman-is-defying-trump-to-try-and-save-his-seat-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"This Republican congressman is defying Trump to try and save his seat in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ut1cmK7DMWU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"This Republican congressman is defying Trump to try and save his seat in Congress\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ut1cmK7DMWU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In Lansing, Michigan, the airwaves are heating up with election battles as the temperatures fall this autumn.<\/p>\n<p>The incumbent republican Tom Barrett for the state\u2019s seventh district is facing his democratic rival Will Lawrence in one of the country\u2019s critical races. Barrett is one of a small but growing number of Republicans daring to defy the President on some issues.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett recently broke ranks with President Trump, voting against continuing the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s also a proposal for a 400 acre hyper scale data centre here &#8211; powering Artificial intelligence &#8211; which is turning voters away from President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lansing, Michigan, the airwaves are heating up with election battles as the temperatures fall this autumn. The incumbent republican Tom Barrett for the state\u2019s seventh district is facing his democratic rival Will Lawrence in one of the country\u2019s critical races. 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