Posted on 05/18/2022 3:28:58 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Donald Trump has wielded the power of his endorsement in his bid to maintain his control over the GOP, and one of the first serious tests of its power came in the Republican primaries Tuesday.
The results were mixed, but several high-profile Trump allies slumped to defeat.
Most of the 26 Trump-backed candidates on the ballot Tuesday were running in safe seats, meaning that on paper, the results validated the former president's endorsement power.
But in other competitive races, the results were less positive for Trump.
In North Carolina, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who has built his political career on being one of Trump's most ardent congressional supporters, lost the primary to stand for reelection. Cawthorn has been mired in controversy in recent weeks. After claiming he was invited to drug-fuelled orgies by members of Congress, a series of damaging leaks about his personal life and political blunders have eroded his support.
In Idaho, Trump-backed Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin was defeated in her bid to unseat the current Gov. Brad Little. McGeachin has backed Trump's bogus election fraud claims and built her political reputation on defying measures to control the coronavirus over which she clashed with Little.
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Yeah, not in Ohio.
And in Ohio [sic], Trump-endorsed TV star Dr. Oz....
Thought I read he was 26-2 last night and the two both had serious ethical issues of their own making.
“Ah, such informed journalism:”
Scandalous. (Though Ohio IS next door to Pennsylvania, so there’s that.)
And O and P are next to each other too. Why they’re practically the same.
Maybe it was the O in Oz which sent the writer thinking it was Ohio.
What a moron.
“””Trump says Madison Cawthorn made ‘some foolish mistakes’ but deserves ‘a second chance’ to serve in Congress””
Unlike Business Insider I do not call that an enthusiastic endorsement of Cawthorn.
“And O and P are next to each other too. Why they’re practically the same.”
I see a pattern emerging!
Mr. Porter, your full of it. Last article I read had Trump up 88 to 2 in 2022.
Did Trump ever endorse Madison Cawthorn even though Cawthorn was a big MAGA supporter? Cawthorn simply has too much baggage. He should go on TV and continue to support MAGA policies.
“Maybe it was the O in Oz which sent the writer thinking it was Ohio. What a moron.”
Yup.
I’d like to see them do a side-by-side comparison with 0dorky’s endorsement success rate.
LOL Like that will ever happen.
“When Madison was first elected to Congress, he did a great job,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, the social media platform that he founded last year. “Recently, he made some foolish mistakes, which I don’t believe he’ll make again…let’s give Madison a second chance!”
What a disingenuous article. Contrary to the title, it mentions one who lost their primary who Trump endorsed.
Then they talk about Cawthorn who suicided his own campaign and was a supporter of Trump not the other way around.
Then it moves on to Oz, only to put a hit on him, as the race is not decided.
This is Yellow Journalism.
Anything to make themselves feel better and try to bring down Republicans. Kinda like saying Al Unser only won by a quarter lap.
FOX said 75 to 1. And said the MSM would use that one in NC to say that Trump had lost control of the Republican party... and there it is.
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That’s not an endorsement. Just a show of support.
He never said for this election, “Cawthorn has my complete and total endorsement.” That’s when one’s been endorsed.
Trump endorsed Cawthorn for reelection last year. But this latest is only a show of support. He knew the writing on the wall, but Cawthorn was loyal and President Trump.
Business Insider is nothing more than a mouth piece for the Democrat Party and are very, very anti-President Trump.
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