“But he’s been really nice to Trump and Trump says he’s been great on energy policies and the economy.”
Most important as far as the endorsement is concerned: Justice is well ahead in the polls at the moment. For Trump, it’s often about supporting the “best” RINO possible (Ronna McRomney for RNC, Squish McCarthy for Speaker, e.g.) than it is about being conservative.
It’s one thing to be “practical” and settle for endorsing a RINO in a purple or (commie) red state, quite another to do so in what has to be the most Republican state in the nation or damn close to it.
A real king-maker instead of a wannabe would be true to conservative principles and not worry so much about the direction the wind may be blowing at some point in time.
Trump’s always gotta be a winner, that’s obviously important to him, so he backs the candidate who is leading more often than not to juice his stats.
He did not endorse Ronna. He remained neutral probably because he knew she was going to get it. He could have tried to stop it considering he knew she’s was the one person the base didn’t want, not that it means a damn thing to the GOPe pukes
Like Larry Hogan in Maryland. As much as I didn't like Hogan, he was good on a few things and he was about the best you're likely to get in a deeply Democrat state.
But West Virginia?
This is how we lost Pennsylvania.