The remaining seven House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump are facing down a vengeful former president, his angry supporters and a summer of primaries. Their message: We’re ready for the fight
., the most outspoken of them, who has enraged so many Wyoming Republicans that they are plotting to alter state election laws to cut off one potential route to political survival.
“It was getting a little embarrassing — all them crawling down to Mar-a-Lago begging for endorsements,” Rep. cracked, shortly after Trump backed a challenger in his primary. “Probably all those candidates are going to have to have the knees on their pants replaced by patches, from all that crawling.”
Several Republicans are running in the June 14 primary, which will likely fracture the anti-incumbent vote, even though Trump himself has waded in to clear the field. He endorsed state Rep. Russell Fry earlier this month and another top contender, Graham Allen, dropped out. “I think whatever vote Tom is going to get in the primary is the vote that he’s going to get in the runoff. It’s not gonna move,” he said, adding that he planned to make overtures to supporters of the other non-incumbent candidates if he finished in one of the top two slots. “It’s an opportunity to consolidate conservatives and push forward toward the runoff and toward a victory.”
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