Posted on 09/17/2021 2:12:33 AM PDT by cotton1706
To some Republicans, Trump’s efforts to take down GOP incumbents in federal and state races are at odds with the party’s interests in a midterm election where Republicans are within striking distance of recapturing control of Congress. While the party is focused on the November 2022 general election, Trump’s gaze is fixed on the primary election season that begins next spring.
“Donald Trump is continuing to add to the chaos in the Republican Party. It’s confusing the average Republican voter,” said Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Trump critic who is not running for reelection. “The only question that seems to matter when Trump is making his endorsements is: ‘Are you with us on the election conspiracy stuff?’ Not, ‘Do you believe in smaller government? Do you support law enforcement? Do you believe in lower regulations?’ Instead, it’s, ‘Are you with me?’”
In Michigan, where Trump recently endorsed a primary challenger to veteran GOP Rep. Fred Upton and picked favorites in two other state races, the former president’s influence is already being felt.
“His early endorsements have had an instant impact inside Michigan political circles, raising some from completely unknown status into candidates to be reckoned with,” observed John Sellek, a top Michigan-based Republican consultant.
“[Trump’s] early picks clearly come with a tinge of revenge,” he said. “How the primaries turn out is still up in the air, due to redistricting and how the races evolve. But his impact on nominations decided at the state GOP convention is likely total and complete. We should expect more endorsements to come."
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This guy sounds like a rat 🐀 to me, thinking, not one of us, has sense enough, to come in out of the rain.
said Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Trump critic
Go Trumpie!!! We the majority of the American people are with you...100%!!!
What utter drivel. It actually clarifies a disparate field for voters.
I love it that the top names in the GOP congress don’t get the final choice on who to endorse and spend money on. Bearing the GOP-lite in their primaries will be a huge statement.
Rhetorical question => If this is so bad for GOP prospects, why doesn’t Politico just stay quiet and let it self-destruct?
He’s just another fake Republican. MAGA!
“It actually clarifies a disparate field for voters.”
Absolutely!
The Leftists remain scared to death of President Trump. His track record of successful endorsements while not perfect is impressive. And, they all know this.
President Trump’s popularity among the base remains extremely high. The more radical the Leftists get and the more passive the RINO’s are in the face of that radicalism the more aware we all are that President Trump is the ONLY man standing in the breach.
When crap hits the fan, throughout history, there seems to be very few willing to risk it all to fight the good fight against evil and tyranny. In our time Donald Trump is That Man. We must support him in every and any way we can. For the sake of the future of our country.
El Trumpo!
Fukk the GOPe.
Politico? How very predictable.
That's a feature not a bug.
If any party needed chaos it’s the GOPe.
“Donald Trump is continuing to add to the chaos in the Republican Party. It’s confusing the average Republican voter,”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Bull Crap!
Not confusing at all. you vote for the Trump nominee, you vote for MAGA and draining the swamp.
What is so confusing about that?
No confusion, just a VERY CLEAR CHOICE.
MAGA ALL THE WAY!
Because it is bad for RINO prospects? (Except for when Trump misfires, as he tends to, on his recs.)
“‘Are you with us on the election conspiracy stuff?’ “
I’ll translate this out of GOPe-lingo:
“Do you believe in investigating widespread allegations of election fraud, or not?”
Until 2020, the GOPe answer has always been something like:
“Look, we’re not blind, we see what everyone else sees, particularly in the cities, but according to Fred Luntz’s focus groups, we’ll be considered racists if we try to stop it, so we have no choice but to look the other way.”
Trump don’t look the other way.
Duncan is the dumbest of the dumb
What he really means is the people are taking back their government
That's exactly what must be destroyed. They're two sides of the same coin. The "party" puts its interests above anybody that cares about liberty.
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