Post by Old Badger on Jun 19, 2023 0:29:59 GMT -5
This is a kind of amazing story:
So what's going on here? How does a guy be "admired by both sides...loved...and thought the world of" by his colleagues, yet get endorsed by only two of them, from the same state? The answer: “A lot of them, they don’t want to get on the wrong side of Trump.” That's from Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), who says "Tim's a great guy" but did not endorse his SC colleague, nor his former GOP Governor Nikki Haley. No, “I’ve got a bunch of friends in this race — and I just jumped in the deep end of the pool with Trump because I think he deserves another shot,” Graham said.
This is the problem for most GOP candidtes: politicians who might be able to help them are too afraid of Trum[p and/or his supporters to risk it. This is why Trump will be the nominee.
His fellow Republican colleagues can’t say enough good things about Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). “He’s admired by both sides of the aisle here,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday. “Tim Scott is very much appreciated and loved,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Wednesday. “I think the world of Tim Scott,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said earlier this spring. Yet none of them has actually endorsed Scott’s bid for the 2024 presidential nomination. Almost a month since formally entering the race, Scott has just two colleagues backing his bid: South Dakota Sens. Mike Rounds and John Thune.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-republicans-love-tim-scott-they-just-can-t-say-so-politically/ar-AA1cFEol?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ef58ba67d3af4591b8e71fbc65c7bfb3&ei=40
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-republicans-love-tim-scott-they-just-can-t-say-so-politically/ar-AA1cFEol?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ef58ba67d3af4591b8e71fbc65c7bfb3&ei=40
So what's going on here? How does a guy be "admired by both sides...loved...and thought the world of" by his colleagues, yet get endorsed by only two of them, from the same state? The answer: “A lot of them, they don’t want to get on the wrong side of Trump.” That's from Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), who says "Tim's a great guy" but did not endorse his SC colleague, nor his former GOP Governor Nikki Haley. No, “I’ve got a bunch of friends in this race — and I just jumped in the deep end of the pool with Trump because I think he deserves another shot,” Graham said.
This is the problem for most GOP candidtes: politicians who might be able to help them are too afraid of Trum[p and/or his supporters to risk it. This is why Trump will be the nominee.
