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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the North Carolina Republican Convention in Greenville, N.C., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

Donald Trump Monday, Jun 21 2021

ICYMI – Politico: Chaotic N.C. Senate primary tests Trump’s sway over the GOP

Jun 21, 2021

By Burgess Everett, Melanie Zanona and Olivia Beavers | June 21, 2021

Key Points:

  • “Three Republicans are already turning on each other in the race, where the sitting senator and the former president disagree over who can win.”
  • “Donald Trump has endorsed conservative Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina’s critical Senate race, the former president’s first foray into an open primary in a battleground. That state’s retiring Republican senator has other ideas.”
  • “One Republican senator said [Sen. Richard] Burr is ‘telling everyone that McCrory is the only one that has a chance to win.’”
  • Meanwhile, “[GOP Senate candidate and former Rep. Mark] Walker compared the situation to Republicans’ debacle in the 2017 Alabama Senate race, where Democrat Doug Jones prevailed over the beleaguered and Trump-backed Republican nominee: ‘This, to me, is kind of a Roy Moore situation if you’re not careful.’”
  • “‘I don’t see how [Budd] can win a general election,’ Walker said in an interview. He had only slightly kinder words for McCrory, who lost his reelection race for governor in 2016 to Democrat Roy Cooper.”
  • “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has not indicated whether he will pick a favorite in the race,” which “could also put McConnell on a path to war with Trump.”

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Published: Jun 21, 2021 | Last Modified: Jun 29, 2021

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