Posted on 05/11/2022 7:17:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Former President Donald Trump’s political comeback suffered a blow in Nebraska after his choice for the GOP gubernatorial nomination was beaten in the primary by a hog farm owner.
With almost all precincts reporting early Wednesday, Jim Pillen — who is also a veterinarian and a University of Nebraska regent — had 33.9% of the vote compared to 30.2% for Trump-endorsed Charles Herbster.
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Trump didn’t suffer a loss, he did his best. Nebraska lost. Stick it Gop’ers and enjoy the suck!
Man bites dog.
So now they say Trump is losing??? with a record of 58-1??
Well, to use a sports analogy, you can pick apart any winner. You could say that Tom Brady, winner of 7 Super Bowls, I think, lost a couple Super Bowls he played in. Or you could pick apart his career, and emphasize a number of playoff game losses in his career, where his teams didn’t even make it to the Super Bowl.
Nice example of selective reporting.
I was in Nebraska last Nov. and Dec. and all I saw were Pillen signs. A veterinarian is a trusted figure to farm and ranch families who depend on them, and in Nebraska no endorsement compares with Pillen having his former coach Tom Osborne campaigning for him.
“It’s starting. Trump is 58-1 but with Nebraska is, TRUMP SUFFERS LOSS!!!!!! 🙄🙄🙄”
The establishment also ran another conservative candidate that had no chance of winning. That candidate only purpose was to divide the conservative base. That is why the winner against Trump only had 33.9% (two thirds didn’t vote for him).
The established rigged this election knowing that even if Jim Pillen barely won with a lousy percentage there would be no runoff. In a two-party race Trump’s candidate would win. The spoiler candidate did his job.
Could some one from Nebraska please comment? The article was, from my point of view, useless (I broke a rule and read it).
Given the winning percentage, the race had to be at least four way. If it was like Pennsylvania, and the endorsement was partially a condemnation of someone else, the winning candidate may have been judged less electable while arguably being better in many ways than the endorsed candidate.
Primary season is only beginning. The real story will be in August 2022 when Trump endorsed candidates overwhelmingly are the winners.
I didn’t know he was on the ballot...
That helps explain things. A veterinarian is also unlikely to misidentify a cow, a bull, or a steer, even if he is associated with a university. This is a good start. I’d take a random vet over a random shrink any day, especially, to rip off a line from Marx (Groucho) if I needed my head examined.
What exactly is bad about Pillen? The article says nothing about him, other than implying that he is not a known groper of women.
Any leakage, any chink in the armor, is evidence of weakness and imminent collapse. The naysayers believe they only have to be right, once, while Trump has to compile a perfect score to maintain even a slender parity. They would NEVER concede a win to Team Trump.
Signs?
A lot of good it done him. Winning 33.9% of the vote is pathetic with the Establishment dumping millions of dollars into the campaign and buying off another conservative to run against Trump’s guy. If there was a runoff (there should with such disgraceful totals), Herbster would win easily.
Biden is overwhelming losing!
I was looking at the platform of the winner, and am hard pressed to call this a loss. This is a problem for President Trump: too many races out there are “an abundance of riches”, with more than one good conservative candidate in them.
The winner is a hog farmer, and a veterinarian, and sits on the Board of Regents for the state. His website is that of an old school Goldwater conservative.
“I will fight the socialist agenda at every turn. I believe in American exceptionalism, innovation and a good old-fashioned work ethic. I will oppose anything that will put government bureaucrats between patients and doctors and any policy that penalizes hard-work or incentivizes government dependency. We will stop efforts to implement massive new regulations that will kill jobs and harm our economy.”
And it always seems like the allegations against republicans are made in the weeks before the election.
One is hoping to see it become 58-2, after the PA Senate primary.
Thanks for the description of the winner who edged out the Trump pick. Sounds like a solid MAGA guy as well.
This is an old GOPe trick. Have multiple "conservative" candidates (both real and pretend) to dilute the vote so the RINO gets in.
The fact that Linstrom lost is a huge relief. I was worried that the conservative votes would be split and he would come out the winner. The press had praised him as the "moderate" who was actively seeking Democrats and Independents to vote in the Republican primary. That would have been a huge defeat for MAGA if Lindstrom had won.
Did any reporter write Trump’s comeback received a “boost” from his 58 endorsement wins?
Pillen may not have gotten Trump’s endorsement, but he seems solidly conservative on the issues. Maybe some Nebraska freepers can expand on that.
https://www.jimpillen.com/issues/
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