Why did Trump throw water on Chris McDaniel by endorsing Sen. Roger Wicker?

[corbe]

Why did Trump throw water on Chris McDaniel by endorsing Sen. Roger Wicker?

by Philip Wegmann | Feb 27, 2018, 7:28 PM 

Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel plans on challenging incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker in the Republican primary. But President Trump apparently plans on keeping him out of the Senate. With one tweet, Trump just dumped a big-old bucket of ice water on the insurgent Republican:

Donald J. Trump
 âœ”  @realDonaldTrump 

.@SenatorWicker of Mississippi has been a great supporter and incredible help in getting our massive Tax Cut Bill done and approved. Also big help on cutting regs. I am with him in his re-election all the way!

4:58 PM - Feb 27, 2018

Adding insult to injury, the endorsement comes the night before McDaniel is launching his campaign.

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[RoosGirl]

Maybe it's another game of 3D chess and Trump really wants Sen. Wicker to lose like Judge Moore did.

[edpc]

Well, he said he'd back incumbents and was out of the insurgents game back in January at Camp David.

[corbe]

    McDaniel has prior experience with McConnell and his RNSC shenanigans, unlike Mo Brooks next door, hopefully he can pull it off.