Donald Trump backed the wrong candidate in a special election for Congress in Fort Worth, a remarkable humiliation for the former president who had an almost-perfect record in Republican primary endorsements when he was in office. Bencjacobs writes
Photo: AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump had a bad day on Tuesday. It wasn’t the emotional and gut wrenching testimony from the police officers who defended the Capitol from the MAGA mob on January 6 — that was priced in.
The Trump endorsement seemingly made the race sleepy. Wright was the widow of the former incumbent and backed by the most popular Republican in the country, Trump sent out several statements on her behalf, did a tele-townhall on the eve of the election, and his PAC even made a last-minute ad buy. What could go wrong?
Although the two candidates have minimal ideological differences from a national standpoint, the Trump endorsement also made Ellzey the candidate favored by Democrats in the special election, which was reinforced via text messages from the underdog Republican’s campaign. “The Democrats went out to vote and they all voted for Ellzey,” said Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington.
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