Candidates endorsed by Donald Trump in prominent primary challenges lost in Colorado, Utah, and South Carolina.
Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024 in Washington, D.C.’s political machine is operating in full force. Endorsements are rolling out in Truth Social posting sprees, and candidates hoping to ride the former president’s coattails into office lavish praise upon him at his weekly rallies.
Tuesday’s losses are not the only recent string of defeats and near misses likely to raise alarms within MAGAworld. In Virginia, the race between incumbent Rep. Bob Good , chairman of the far-right and very Trumpy House Freedom Caucus, and Trump-backed state Sen. John McGuire remains too close to call, and is likelyof the election, raised claims of fraud, and has threatened to block the certification of results in a key city within the district.
For a brief moment in the aftermath of the midterms, the Republican Party was forced into a state of self-reflection regarding whether or not Trump’s bombastic, scorched-earth persona was actually translating to electoral gains worthy of the subjugation of the party to his image.
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