But no.
It's a good thing Bongo Boy is gonna be the new Beto vs Abbott, because in 2012 West lost an easy layup in FL-18, and he's gonna lose this primary.

Think Wm. F. Buckley: the most conservative who can win.
I’m beginning to think we need to nominate more noteworthy/accomplished blacks to run. ‘Helps’ with the racism charge. Hershel? Vernon Jones? Then there’s that black house speaker(Ok.) 10 years back that lost the senate nomination to the paleface redhead who is now wobbly. That one suggested comfort(redhead) over opportunity. So what else is out there? Lt. Gov. from Carolina and The Kentucky Atty. General. The Lt. Gov. runs for a senate seat in his mid-term(fallback). The young Ky. Atty. gen. can succeed turtle or be even a SCOTUS nominee-button pusher. Does it start with Col. West?
You are delusional, the GOPe hates West and he was gerrymandered out of an easy win into an easy loss. We do this all the time, just like we did to Trump.
Every day now we see red meat issues that the GOP says they are introducing now that they have zero power to bring any of them to a vote. Then consider what they promised to act on if only we gave them all three branches then consider the ones they didn't make any attempt to pass. Republicans always get more conservative as elections get closer.
Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.
That district was deliberately gerrymandered against Col. West by FL RINOs.