during a call with house gop leader kevin mccarthy while the capitol was under siege on january 6th along with congressman the three had been facing trump s wrat. republicans in two of those states, arizona and wisconsin, set to make their picks for statewide offices in the next few weeks. arizona today and wisconsin next tuesday. amid a rift between donald trump and mike pence that dates back to january 6th. the washington post reports, quote, two gubernatorial candidates in arizona and wisconsin backed by trump will face-off this month against those endorsed by former vice president mike pence. who split with trump after refusing pressure to reject the results of the 2020 presidential race. but make no mistake, this year s republican primaries have been shaped in large part by who donald trump is endorsing. and competition for his endorsement took a surreal turn last night when trump endorsed eric in the missouri primary. just eric, no last name, you know, like beyonce
very not very far down under their skin and it rises up, and they re very concerned starting with this idea that nobody trusts the elections or a group of republicans don t trust the elections and are spreading the big lie. and i think that to me is democrats if they re going to run in this campaign cannot miss the opportunity to make a much broader message in the campaign. don t worry about going off in the weeds. voter want to hear how you re going to protect democracy. who did those voters hold responsible for their lack of faith? they want to hold donald trump responsible but also other republicans who in their minds haven t stood up to donald trump and these are not voters in love with joe biden. it s voters who are very concerned about what s developed in the republican party especially the candidates that have surfaced, but in their mind donald trump is theenf trump wes