has on the party and people debase themselves to get the endorsement. is this sincere or need to do this politically? having waited in house republican leadership they do what they need to do politically. everything you see a republican politician doing is about curryinging favor with trump or the base or staying out of his line of sight. they want the favoritism. why you have seen the republicans turn it into a janet jackson what have you done for me lately? there is another very, very pro trump candidate not getting love. an op-ed today points out the endorsement of vance had to be particularly painful for josh mandell. he mimicked trump to be the
i have covered the ohio republican primary, the pennsylvania senate republican primary, and it has become sort of a necessary part of running, and and, you know, it defies logic. the party that says that they are concerned about cancel culture cancelling conservative members who champion conservative policies but don t necessarily want to align themselves with the former president. john, and i want to follow up with that because you have a really good column this week about the progression of the republican party and how it compares to the president s first 11 months in office, like primarily who these guys are replacing, they are replacing conservatives like toomey and rob portman if they win their elections and what it means if josh mandell or dr. oz or the theme are replacing them. that s right, and i think it s important, phil, to remember that this is, yes, about trump and the grip that he has over the party, but it extends far before trump ever
to win over independents, you have to win them without alienating your base. it doesn t look like she s found balance yet. let s look at the other side. aisle. somebody who is caught in a similar trap but for different reasons. the incumbent governor of ohio, governor dewine. we talk about the ohio republican party mess. and it s mostly j.d. vance, josh mandell and that insane primary taking place on the senate side. in many ways, the dynamics of dewine and what is in his primary race seem like they re emblematic of what we see nationwide as trump gets involved in these primaries. lay it out for us. as you say, it is a sprawling senate circus primary with most wanting trump s endorsement which gets most of the
if they want to focus on something, how about focus on the election cheating by the democrats? that s josh mandell, republican running for an open senate seat in ohio. his main primary opponent is j.d. vance, who tweeted out he s just picked up the coveted endorsement of marjorie taylor greene. all of a sudden she s become the qanon king maker. don t forget she was at the white house in december of 2020, she said, to explore ways to overturn the election results. just finished with our meetings here at the white house this afternoon. we had a great planning session for our january 6th objection. we aren t going to let this election be stolen by joe biden and the democrats. president trump won by a landslide. call your house reps. call your senators from your state. we ve got to make sure they re onboard, and we already have a lot of people engaged. okay. stay tuned. stay tuned. unfortunately for mitch mcconnell, the trump genie is already out of the bottle. apologies for the ment