Trump beat (bigly) 17 real, actually existing Republicans.
Whatever you say about "party of Satan", "Demonrats" and all that other crap, there are wide (and growing) areas of the country where the name "Republican" is a dirty word, based on recent and extensive voter experience with the species.
Why, just today, the guy who could not hold his House seat in NH-1 against a Democrat in 2018 (a district Trump won) was appointed to a cushy swamp job on K Street after barely escaping conviction for misappropriating campaign funds.
People here, who voted for Donald Trump, are NOT going to vote for the Saccones of the world, or the Frank Giuntas either, just because they have the (R) label.
Trump has made a huge gamble that he can negotiate the output of the local and state GOP nominating processes onto the Trump train, but he may have made an error.
Most voters hate those who we call the GOPe worse than they hate Conor Lamb-type candidates. If Saccone and Frank Giunta, and Roy Moore, are the best Republican voters can nominate, them the GOP is going down hard, and will wind up taking down the best President we've had since 1924.
It's a shame.
For God's sake, those of you who still are GOP, NOMINATE TRUMPERS OR LOSE. It's that simple.
Absentee should put Saccone over the top!
+1 million!!!
People here need to read your words and heed them! We're not losing because of unproven, imaginary vote fraud. We're losing because we're nominating the same type of lousy swamp creatures that Trump stomped all over in the primary.