.MaddowBlog: It's not enough to be loyal to Trump; the former president also expects Republicans like Sen. Paul to be loyal to those who are loyal to Trump.
Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., is trailed by reporters as he arrives to be sworn in for the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 26, 2021.This week's Republican primary in Ohio's congressional special election was a relatively crowded affair. Given the partisan leanings of the state's 15th district, locals realized that the winner of the GOP nomination would inevitably end up in Congress, and so plenty of candidates competed for the prize.
Not surprisingly, with nearly a dozen Republicans on the ballot, different candidates lined up support from different allies: Donald Trump backed former coal lobbyist Mike Carey; former Rep. Steve Stivers supported state Rep. Jeff LaRe; Sen. Rand Paul rallied behind state Rep. Ron Hood; while Debbie Meadows, a conservative activist who's married to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, stood behind local church leader Ruth Edmonds.
At first blush, this wouldn't have seemed especially notable. But just below the surface, there was a problem: Donald Trump didn't want different GOP leaders endorsing different candidates; he wanted everyone to ignore their preferences and support his chosen candidate -- because he said so.a few weeks ago that Team Trump saw the intra-party diversity of thought as an example of"disloyalty.
The same article quoted former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski saying,"Organizations that endorse candidates against the president's endorsement do so at their own peril." He added,"[I]t will be remembered."
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