You got to help him,” Trump said as he called the Republican lawmaker onto the stage. Barrett flipped the seat from Democratic control in 2024 Trump carried the district in the election. With Barrett in the audience during Trump’s speech on Monday in Michigan, the president defended his approach to the war. GOP operatives say that Barrett addressing the Iran war head on neutralizes the potential attack from his Democratic opponents as the public has soured on the war effort. Barrett is betting voters will see his break with Trump not as disloyalty, but as conviction rooted in his military service.