Posted on 06/15/2022 5:34:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
South Carolina state Rep. Russell Fry beat incumbent Republican South Carolina Rep. Tom Rice handily in the state’s 7th Congressional District GOP primary Tuesday, according to multiple election forecasters.
Fry earned just over the 50% margin of votes needed to win the primary outright and become the GOP nominee without going through a runoff election, while Rice, on the other hand, only managed around 25% of the vote.
Rice drew former President Donald Trump’s wrath after voting to impeach him in response to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Trump consistently criticized Rice, calling him a “backstabbing RINO” for his vote, NBC News reported.
Trump endorsed Fry in February and asked voters to give him “a beautiful, beautiful birthday present” on Tuesday, when the former president turned 76 years old, by ousting Rice, NBC News reported. He also asked voters to get rid of fellow South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace.
Rice continued to stand by his vote to impeach, arguing he did the “right thing” regardless of whether he won his primary, NBC News reported. (RELATED: Here Are The 12 Pivotal Primary Races Of 2022)
Experts had told The Daily Caller News Foundation that Rice was more likely to lose in the primary than Mace, who did not vote to impeach Trump but was still critical of him after the Capitol riot.
U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) speaks with constituents during a congressional town hall meeting August 23, 2017 in Society Hill, South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) speaks with constituents during a congressional town hall meeting August 23, 2017 in Society Hill, South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
A Trafalgar Group poll surveyed between May 26-29 had Fry up 17 points against Rice. The poll had 572 likely GOP primary voters as respondents and a margin of error of 4%.
Fry racked up a number of endorsements from state representatives, while Rice’s only major endorsements came from anti-Trump Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and former Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
“The thing is, everyone is lined up behind Russell Fry,” Lakshya Jain, an election analyst who writes for Split Ticket, told TheDCNF prior to the election.
“He’s purging. He’s purging. He’s trying to set the Republican Party up as a bunch of yes-men loyalists,” Rice told Politico in an interview Saturday. “Think about that. That’s scary.”
In before Powers Boothe.
Not enough bad stuff can happen to those that attack Trump.
Trumps win/loss record continues heavy on the win side.
The left is freaking out by all these Trump candidates.
It is fun to watch....but I worry they are moving more toward larger political violence than we ever saw before.
“He’s purging. He’s purging. He’s trying to set the Republican Party up as a bunch of yes-men loyalists,” Rice told Politico in an interview Saturday. “Think about that. That’s scary.”
Tom, you were fool enough to vote to remove from office a guy that was leaving office in ten days.
So now YOU are being removed from office.
As you sew, so shall ye reap.
You tried to remove Trump from office. And he helped to remove you from office.
NON-RINO.. conservatives.. need to retake SC.
“He’s purging. He’s purging. He’s trying to set the Republican Party up as a bunch of yes-men loyalists,” Rice told Politico in an interview Saturday. “Think about that. That’s scary.”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Just like Obama did to the Democrat Party back in 2008 but Repubicans are NOT ALLOWED to be united by a leader like President Trump? Thats what is really “scary.”
And even more scarey is that the rabid left tried to falsify data in order to impeach Trump and now they are trying to impeach him AFTER he left office with the Jan 6th Kanagaroo Kommission.Thats even more scary!
MAGA BABY! Let the red tsunami roll!
Rice felt safe throwing Trump under the bus because he is a spineless RINO who felt that Trump was done and saw an opportunity to gain favor with the Trump haters and burnish his political career. A shameless opportunist with no scruples.
Now his political career has been destroyed and it's very nice to see.
One down, nine to go.
“...larger political violence than we ever saw before...”
You can bet that Liberals are setting that up as we speak!
Truly I do not have kind words for people like Rice.
Gosh, I can't imagine why he lost.
Good to see Rice get cooked.
Fried Rice.
LOL!...........................
ISWYDT!.........................
Hahahahhaaaahaaaa
Liz Cheney’s fate in August. Will be a fun night.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.