Former President Donald Trump's team is getting more aggressive about policing GOP candidates who claim Trump's support before he's endorsed
. But now, without a comprehensive state-by-state network of operatives and chairpersons that can patrol races, the former president’s political team has to work harder to keep candidates in line.
Trump is “his own man, and if he wanted to weigh in in the state of New Jersey he would have made it loud and clear that he was weighing in in the state of New Jersey,” said Testa, who supported a Singh rival and the eventual winner of the Republican nomination, former state Assemblymember Jack Ciattarelli., a prospective gubernatorial candidate who had asserted in a radio interview that Trump had “asked” him to run and that the ex-president had told him, “‘Doug, run and I’ll campaign for you.
Taking to Twitter, Miller wrote: “Important Note. President Trump has NOT yet endorsed a candidate,” adding a pair of siren emojis for emphasis. Trump later endorsed Susan Wright, the widow of the late Rep. Ron Wright, just before the first round of the special election. Wright finished in first place, making the July runoff.
“Until a candidate gets an official statement from President Trump, whether in writing, video or audio, they do not have the official endorsement,” said John McLaughlin, who was a pollster on Trump’s campaigns. “It’s dishonest. If proven, it could totally backfire.”last week calling himself the “Trump candidate.” It came just hours after the former president endorsed the incumbent, Gov. Greg Abbott.
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