Posted on 02/17/2022 4:09:30 AM PST by cotton1706
Republicans who missed out on former President Trump’s coveted endorsements are grasping for ways to tie themselves to him and his political movement, betting his message will prove more powerful in contentious primary races than the man himself.
The strategy is playing out in GOP primaries across the country, including in South Carolina, where Trump last week endorsed Republican Katie Arrington’s primary challenge to Rep. Nancy Mace, a once-loyal ally who drew the former president’s ire by criticizing him following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Mace, a first-term congresswoman who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign, responded by filming a video of herself praising the former pr
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But they ALSO want to get reelected
Quite the conundrum for worthless pantywaist politicians.
Nancy Mace is a Bush League Republican like almost all of South Carolina’s Congressional delegation.
She has a lot of company.
145 House GOP voted for Liz Cheney last Feb.
Some of Trump’s endorsements are to break up the good ole boy China/trafficking clique in DC. Some of them are into things they shouldn’t be.
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