Proof that Republicans oppose Trump at their peril

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Proof that Republicans oppose Trump at their peril
by David M. Drucker
 | June 07, 2018 12:00 AM

Republicans cross President Trump at their peril, as Rep. Martha Roby discovered when primary voters in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District pushed her into a runoff with the former Democrat she ousted in the red wave of 2010.

Roby, toward the conclusion of the 2016 presidential campaign, lashed Trump for his treatment of women after the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape was publicized during which the leader of the Republican Party bragged about committing actions that amount to sexual assault. Grassroots Republicans, loyal as ever to Trump, never forgot — or forgave.

“Once you’re tainted as less than 100 percent pure on the Trump scale, that can be used against you in a Republican primary,” John Couvillon, a GOP pollster from Louisiana who specializes in surveying campaigns in the Deep South, said Wednesday. “When you’re talking about being a Republican who is not close enough to the president, that is deadly.”

"Rep. Roby’s voting record reflects her commitment to a shared conservative agenda with the Trump administration," said Roby spokesperson Emily Taylor. " We now have a president who will sign conservative measures into law, and she wants nothing more than for the president to be successful. When he’s successful, Alabama is successful. Rep. Roby will continue to use her seat in Congress to advocate for the conservative principles that are important to the people in AL-02."

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Roby will head into a runoff against Bobby Bright, a former congressman she defeated to win the seat in 2010. Bright served one term in Congress as a Democrat but switched parties to run against Roby in this year's Republican primary.

 

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“Once you’re tainted as less than 100 percent pure on the Trump scale, that can be used against you in a Republican primary,” John Couvillon, a GOP pollster from Louisiana who specializes in surveying campaigns in the Deep South, said Wednesday. “When you’re talking about being a Republican who is not close enough to the president, that is deadly.”

How refreshing.  A completely unbiased pollster.

Hey John!  Alternative explanation:  Maybe the grassroots don't like media-generated buzz designed to bring down a candidate, and anybody who buys in to that crap.  AL just had several months of that kind of buzz in last year's special election to replace Sessions in the Senate.