Trump, Speaker Johnson, AOC blitz campaign trail on eve of crucial congressional showdown

By Fox News · Fox News

President Donald Trump told Tennessee Republicans to "get out and vote" and "show the world something" the day before Tuesday's special congressional election for a hotly contested GOP-controlled vacant House seat in a solidly red congressional district. Trump's campaign pitch, the first of two on Election Eve, came as House Speaker Mike Johnson was spending all day at a slew of campaign stops with Republican nominee Matt Van Epps, who is facing off against Democratic nominee Aftyn Behn in the race to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District to succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private sector job. "We're going to win this seat, but we cannot take anything for granted," Johnson said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of a rally with Van Epps in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. Trump carried the district — which is located in central and western Tennessee, stretches from Kentucky to Alabama, and includes parts of Nashville — by 22 points in last year's presidential election. DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, GO ALL IN ON FINAL 2025 CONGRESSIONAL BALLOT BOX SHOWDOWN But Democrats, energized following the party's sweeping victories last month in high-profile ballot box showdowns from coast to coast, are spending big bucks in a race that's seen as a key barometer ahead of next year's midterm elections , when the GOP will be defending its congressional majorities. Republicans, working to protect the GOP's current razor-thin 219-213 majority in the House and aiming to avoid a major upset in the high-stakes showdown, have been showering Van Epps with resources and support in the final stretch of the campaign. "Special elections are strange because a lot of people take for granted in a deep red district like this that the Republican is just going to win automatically. Nothing's automatic. So we're here to help turn out the vote and make sure we get this great candidate right over that line," Johnson…