Posted on 04/23/2022 8:09:35 AM PDT by RandFan
Former President Trump will hold a rally in Ohio Saturday night in the hopes of boosting GOP Senate candidate JD Vance ahead of the May 3 primary and proving his continued hold on the party.
Vance has been inundating Ohioans with news of Trump’s backing — announced in a statement last Friday when many people were focused on Good Friday, Passover and Easter weekend – with ad blitzes, prominent campaign appearances and more.
The rally will not only be a chance for Trump to flex his muscles on his latest endorsement, but also publicly respond to news that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had said he wanted Trump to resign shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and, if he wanted to, change the powerful GOP leader’s fortunes. Both men tamped down speculation on Friday night, saying their relationship remains intact but Trump’s remarks will nonetheless likely be closely watched.
Vance was trailing rivals for the nomination before Trump’s backing and the endorsement marks a major coup for the “Hillbilly Elegy” author. But its timing left him with just a couple of weeks to leverage it into an advantage in the frontrunner-less primary.
“We’ll find out if there’s enough time to really get this thing saturated into the voters’ minds as ‘President Trump endorsed JD Vance,’” said one Ohio GOP strategist. “They have two weeks to saturate this thing. I don’t honestly know if they can. If I’m them, I put every single resource into TV, digital, mail, whatever it is.”
The endorsement is anticipated to be the focus of more ad buys, which will be buoyed by an expected rise in donations. This week alone, tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel, already one of Vance’s biggest backers, gave the pro-Vance super PAC another $3.5 million
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I hope that he is a better pick than Oz!
I hope that he is a better pick than Oz!
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - time for the ‘dust bin’ of history Kevin...
I met McCarthy at a luncheon about a decade or so ago. Wasn’t impressed at all. He’d be “Ryan II,” in my opinion.
The other side runs ads here all day long with a Vance quote that is anti-Trump. Of course I will vote for Trump’s endorsed candidate but they are spending a fortune on anti-Vance ads.
If possible he’d be worse than Ryan. But without EricCanter they will have to find another stooge.
We can do better. Time for a MAGA person to take the lead...
It’s Vance. Time to get on board. Same with Oz. Next is McMaster(Az.).
Image seems to matter a lot to Trump. Given his life that is understandable...I just hope Oz and Vance don’t betray him/us.
It is not “time to get on board”.
Real men make their own decisions.
JD’S GETTING MURDERED WITH ANTI- COMMERICALS . . . IT’S ALMOST EMBARASSING TO WATCH
NOT SURE WHAT TRUMP’S REASONING IS OR WAS ON THIS ENDORSEMENT.
jd vance sure talked the MAGA talk on tucker last night ... let’s hope he means it ...
After reading the entire article, I am still wondering where the rally will be held.
Did I miss it or did The Hill lose it?
I'm in PA, and I'm not on board with oz, the turkish citizen, mooselimb, liberal that doesn't even live in PA.
When Trump cheated on his wives, I said, "Not my business" but when Trump picks a mooselimb for senate in my state, that is my business.
Oz was Ivanka's pick and Trump couldn't say no to his precious.
I'll go with McCormick in the primary and then I'll see what happens.
He doesn't. Peter Thiel's ten million $$$$$ bought him good script writers.
“””Former President Trump will hold a rally in Ohio Saturday night in the hopes of boosting GOP Senate candidate JD Vance”””
The Hill would have a better opening sentence if it read:
Tonight Trump will FURTHER boost JD Vance whose poll numbers have soared since Trump endorsed him.
there’s a stupid...
How do you know Oz was ‘Melania’s pick’
I crank the adds up when I see them on the tube here in WV. If you have read Hillbilly Elegy...the last part of the book really let you know who he was...another socialist. He will lose.
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