At least so far, Trump has been more nuanced with his endorsements. While the 45th president has given his seal of approval to a number of candidates, he has held off on doing so in key Senate races. Sean Parnell dropped out after details of his divorce were revealed.
Trump will hold a rally in Florence, Arizona. Aides say that he is not expected to make an endorsement of a Senate candidate. People close to the former president say that Trump isn't being as cautious as he should be, having been burned too many times by candidates that weren't fully vetting or weren't sure things in their primaries.
The electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington on January 6, 2021, was protested by former President Donald Trump.
Endorsements may not be forthcoming, but an aggressive midterm election push by the ex-president to boost MAGA candidates and his own supremacy in the party is. An adviser to Trump said that the candidate plans to hold as many as two rallies a month leading up to November. Several top Republicans say they anticipate that Trump will look to do some sort of counter-programming to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this coming March, though a Trump adviser did not expect him to deliver the official Republican rebuttal, which would be at the invitation of congressional leadership.
Trump is watching the Senate races where candidates are duking it out over the air and vying for his attention. They say there isn't a grand strategy that dictates when he will get involved. The decision to endorse often comes down to personal chemistry during Mar-a-Lago visits, chatter from informal cell phone advisers and friends, and what Trump has gleaned from information given to him by advisers. The private club in Palm Beach, Fla., where the ex-president lives, is an important perk for Republican candidates and is where Trump might pop in to say hello.
A different adviser said that most things are on the table, except for the exception of raising money for a candidate. How loyal the candidate is is one of the things that Trump tries to glean from these gatherings.
Senate Republicans had some loyalty issues for Trump. Despite being able to confirm three Supreme Court justices and pass his signature tax cuts with slim majorities, other Trump-led initiatives were stymied by senators in his own party.
His anger over those betrayals has not gone away. During his presidency, Trump viewed Senate Republicans as being disobedient. He criticized McConnell for not going along with his lies about the election being stolen. He called Rounds a "jerk" for saying that Biden's win was legitimate.
Trump is not acting as a political object, according to his aides. They note that he went after Rounds, who is up for reelection in 2026, but not Rep. MoBrooks, who is running in the Alabama Senate primary.
Some Republicans fear that Trump is putting GOP wins at risk.
Scott Reed said that Trump may cost the Arizona seat. It doesn't help the cause when you take an A- player off the field. I'm just doing basic math on how we're ever going to win the majority and that goes through Arizona.
In Arizona, Trump blocked the governor from running for the Senate in 2022, after he certified the election results. When he distanced himself from the partisan election audit in Maricopa County, which Trump obsessed over, Ducey found himself in the former president's crosshairs.
Kirk Adams, the former chief of staff, said that he pointed his fingers at other people because he wanted a certain outcome. Donald Trump should have won Arizona, he could have, and maybe it wasn't a good idea to dump on John McCain after he passed away.
Republicans are confident that they will take both chambers in the elections. The approval ratings for Biden have been in the low 40s for months. The Democratic party has beenbogged down by inflation and the Covid-19 epidemic. Two key Senate Republicans, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota, announced their plans to seek re-election over the weekend.
Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally and former House Speaker, said that the midterms should be simple and shouldn't be a referendum on Trump.
Gingrich said to keep our focus on defeating Democrats and not get involved in interim party fights. If we do those things, I think Trump can raise money, focus issues and turn out his base.
Gingrich said the former president should spend 10% on the past and 90 percent on the future.
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