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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 17, 2019, 08:43:48 pm
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Scalise: Louisiana defeat doesn't make Trump 'look bad'
By Zack Budryk - 11/17/19 02:27 PM EST
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’s (D) reelection by a narrow margin Saturday did not make President Trump “look bad†after Trump visited the state three times in support of Republican candidate Eddie Rispone.
“What he said was he'd be made to look bad whether he came in the state or not. Eddie Rispone made up about a 22-point disadvantage over the last month because of President Trump's involvement. So Eddie Rispone was at about 27 in the primary. He ended up at 49,†Scalise told Fox News’s Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.â€
“So clearly President Trump's involvement made a big difference at helping close that massive gap, and, look, the governor's polling showed he was above 50 before President Trump first started getting involved. That forced a runoff,†Scalise added. Trump did not make an endorsement in the primary, urging supporters to vote for either Rispone or his competitor, Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.). No candidate achieved a simple majority, forcing the Nov. 16 runoff election.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/470847-scalise-trump-doesnt-look-bad-after-republicans-defeat-in-louisiana
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The destruction of the GOP from within is all going as President Trump planned. Go get em Donny.
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The destruction of the GOP from within is all going as President Trump planned. Go get em Donny.
Yeah, I can't believe that Donald hasn't been a deciding factor in why Republicans have lost elected positions.
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Now this is a stretch. Republicans got 51.8% in the first round. Then Trump made it a referendum on impeachment.
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Doesn't make him look good.
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Doesn't make him look good.
Of course it does. It was a tremendous defeat that President Trump nearly turned into a GOP win, and as we all know close wins don't count./sarc