DONALD TRUMP’S HOLD ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS TIGHTENING EVEN AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S LEGAL CHALLENGES ARE MOUNTING

If Cheney loses her primary, Trump’s GOP critics will face tough choice

(CNN)Rep. Liz Cheney’s uphill battle to keep her seat in Wyoming’s GOP primary on Tuesday underscores how Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party is tightening even as the former President’s legal challenges are mounting. That dynamic poses stark choices for the thin band of Republican elected officials and voters resistant to his dominance within the party.

If Cheney loses Tuesday, as expected, the result will place an exclamation point on a summer that has seen Trump-backed candidates, almost all of whom echo his falsehoods about the 2020 election, win most hotly contested party primaries. 

 

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Trump’s endorsements and the measure of his influence according to Ballotpedia

https://ballotpedia.org/Endorsements_by_Donald_Trump#Battleground_primaries

 

 

 

 

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