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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,972 posts)
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 12:49 PM Sep 2022

Trump-loving GOP candidates flopping hard in Midwest governor races: 'They're unelectable'

A trio of Donald Trump-backing gubernatorial candidates are flopping in their campaigns after winning their Republican primaries.

The GOP candidates in three Midwestern battleground states -- Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin -- are failing to attract voters or donations and running flimsy campaign operations to the dismay of fellow Republicans in the weeks ahead of November's election, and the blame is falling on the former president, reported The Daily Beast.

“This is part of the Trump legacy,” said longtime GOP strategist Doug Heye. “Candidates who otherwise would be considered fringe candidates can win nominations and hold Republicans back, because they’re unelectable in their state.”

Both Michigan and Wisconsin had crowded and competitive GOP primaries, but voters backed former actress and MAGA media personality Tudor Dixon in Michigan and businessman Tim Michels in Wisconsin after Trump endorsed them, but neither has raised or spent much money on their general election campaigns.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-loving-gop-candidates-flopping-hard-in-midwest-governor-races-they-re-unelectable/ar-AA129Kfq

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Trump-loving GOP candidates flopping hard in Midwest governor races: 'They're unelectable' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 OP
K & R! 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2022 #1
Gretchen Whitmer has this in the bag. llmart Sep 2022 #2
Let Trump be Trump. Stay the course. dalton99a Sep 2022 #3
I love big Gretch! Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #4
Big Gretch! xmas74 Sep 2022 #8
Add this clown from Illinois, to the list. Snarkoleptic Sep 2022 #5
Thank you. Wonder why this story didn't include the Illinois Governor's race? Midnight Writer Sep 2022 #7
This is Vita.. TY! I'd like to hear Cha Sep 2022 #6
Roe your vote up and down the ballot! Keep radical Republicans OUT. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #9

llmart

(15,537 posts)
2. Gretchen Whitmer has this in the bag.
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 01:06 PM
Sep 2022

I'm relieved.

Tudor (who names their kid that?) can take her orange one's endorsement and go home. She got millions from the DeVos family and still can't win.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
5. Add this clown from Illinois, to the list.
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 01:22 PM
Sep 2022

Darren Bailey is such an awful candidate that the Democratic Governor, JB Pritzker, spent $28MM to elevate him during the primary.

Midnight Writer

(21,762 posts)
7. Thank you. Wonder why this story didn't include the Illinois Governor's race?
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 01:45 PM
Sep 2022

It's the same story.

A looney Trump supporter who got "famous" filing lawsuits over Covid protective restrictions.

I expect an overwhelming victory for Pritzker, who is doing an excellent job for Illinois.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,343 posts)
9. Roe your vote up and down the ballot! Keep radical Republicans OUT.
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 03:10 PM
Sep 2022

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

THESE are the races that will determine control of the House of Representatives:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217175231

Stick 'em up for a blue wave: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217078977

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