Jenner supported Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign (Kevin Winter/Getty and Ron Sachs - Pool/Getty)
As Caitlyn Jenner’s unpopular political campaign continues to bewilder longtime political experts, one key strategist has attributed it to “rampant narcissism”.
The former Olympian and reality TV star seems determined to forge a political career despite an utter absence of electoral experience or cohesive policy platform.
The incongruity of a transgender woman running on a Republican platform is reflected in her shockingly low polling figures, and her rambling, contradictory TV interviews have won few voters to her cause.
As she continues to reel out Republican dogwhistles while making vacuous claims about being a “role model”, political experts have attempted to speculate what, exactly, her campaign is all about.
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California Republicans are motivated, and the nation is taking notice.
After years of declining membership, and repeated failures to win state office, Golden State conservatives feel they have a real shot at kicking California s top Democrat out of office.
Big-name GOP players like Mike Huckabee, party chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and the Republican Governors Association are taking notice and contributing money. Prominent donors to former President Donald Trump, like real estate mogul Geoff Palmer, have endorsed the recall. National media attention also ramped up in recent weeks, thanks in part to Caitlyn Jenner s entrance into the race.
But when it comes to one of this year s biggest political stories, Trump is nowhere to be found.
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