Posted on 02/16/2022 7:32:43 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday endorsed Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in the Show Me State’s crowded GOP Senate primary.
“I’m proud to endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Eric is a fighter who will hold China accountable, defend religious freedom, take on Big Tech, and he will protect American jobs,” Cruz said in a statement.
The endorsement comes amid a packed primary of Republicans looking to replace retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (R).
Schmitt, former Gov. Eric Greitens, Reps. Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long, and attorney Mark McCloskey are just some of the top Republican contenders.
Schmitt, a former state treasurer who’s serving his first term as attorney general, has looked to set himself apart by filing a spate of lawsuits against the Biden administration.
The endorsement from Cruz comes shortly after Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), another conservative lightning rod, came out in support of Hartzler.
“Senator Ted Cruz is a conservative leader and fighter who has never been afraid to fight back against the Left who want nothing more than to eradicate our freedoms and accumulate more power and control,” said Schmitt. “We need more fighters in the United States Senate like Senator Cruz, and I am honored to have his support in my campaign and in the fight to save America.”
Republicans are concerned that the red-state seat could become competitive if Greitens is the nominee. The former governor resigned in disgrace in 2018 over allegations he sexually assaulted and blackmailed his hairdresser.
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I would be okay with either Schmitt or Hartzler. The others, not so much.
I like Greitens.
Greitens is fine. I’m not a Missouri voter, but he has been persecuted by the communists and speaks well.
Anything Greitens has been 'persecuted' for have been of his own making.
Malarkey. Greitens was a Democrat who switched parties but didn’t switch his brain. He had the world by the tail on a downhill pull then got mixed up with trash whose husband was a union operative. Big disappointment for so many who worked and donated to get him elected. He doesn’t deserve a run at any future office. This time the Trump family is messing the waters as K.G. is his chief fundraiser. Cruz should stay out of the mix as he is only making things complicated. We could lose this senate seat with the wrong candidate as Jay Nixon could come out of hiding if they smell blood in the water.
When I vote fore office I’m not voting for the pope. I could care less that Greitens has a libertine streak. What I want is someone who despises leftists as much as I do and a man persecuted as he was likely fits t he bill.
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