August 3, 2022
Trump's endorsements triumph in last night's primaries
By Monica Showalter
For President Trump, this morning's got to be sweet.
His endorsed candidates, one after another, won over other GOP candidates in Tuesday's primaries. Those coveted endorsements went for congressional seats in Arizona, Michigan, and sort-of Missouri, where it appeared that President Trump endorsed both candidates with the first name "Eric." The counting is still on in places like Washington, so it may not have been a full sweep, but it came very, very close.
Many of the candidates Trump endorsed were political upstarts, not incumbents, which have a harder time winning, so the primary victories were all the more impressive.
The New York Times has a real-time graphics report with all the results of the primaries here.
Over at Axios, which is getting more and more left-wing lately, there seemed to be some gnashing of teeth.
Here was their third story in their morning email newsletter lineup (no link):
Republican voters in five states largely sided with former President Trump in yesterday's primary races.
Why it matters: The backing of Trump's picks — over Republican lawmakers who challenged him — signals GOP voters' continued allegiance to the former president.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/trumps_endorsements_triumph_in_last_nights_primaries.html
