‘Big mistake’: GOP candidates fear Trump’s ‘retribution’ ranting will drag them all down
Donald Trump’s refusal to walk back threats to enact retribution on his enemies should he win re-election in November has down-ticket Republican Party candidates worried it will blow up in all of their faces.
According to a report from CNN, there is a fear among some GOP candidates that their message to voters on what the party will do for them will get lost as the former president doubles down.
Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY), who is running in a district won in 2020 by President Joe Biden, expressed his dismay, stating, “We shouldn’t overreact or misreact by acting upon things that had nothing to do with this hasty trial,” with Rep Thom Tillis (R-NC) saying it would be a “big mistake” to jump on the Trump vengeance wagon when voters want someone in Congress addressing the kitchen table issues that concern them and not Trump’s legal woes.
“Those are the key issues that are driving voters in November,” Tillis explained. “Why on earth, we would shift our attention away from that, for any sort of quick fix on this decision doesn’t make sense to me.”
Not all GOP candidates are worried about Trump dragging the party down.
“In a closed-door meeting with the GOP conference on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson presented a three-pronged approach for how Republicans could use their majority in the House to go after the Department of Justice and state prosecutors, according to multiple sources,” CNN is reporting before adding, “House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan also outlined his proposal for defunding federal and state prosecutions targeting ‘political opponents,’ which he also detailed in a letter.”
