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will Trump's friends beat Trump's enemies? we'll see what happens! Trump has yet to endorse Renacci, though...
Rennaci's manic rants are similar to Trump's
www.politico.com
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The GOP primary could show just how far Trumpism, even without the former president’s direct involvement, can take a challenger against a more traditional conservative governor who clashed with the most strident parts of the Republican base during the pandemic.
“I was fighting him, and then coronavirus hits, and then everybody jumps in the game and says, ‘We gotta stop this guy,’” Renacci said of DeWine and the state Republican Party during a speech to local activists here last week. “Well guess what? I was trying to stop him in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, ‘21. And by God, we’re going to stop him in 2022.”
Renacci is following a well-trodden path of Republican hopefuls trying to catch the former president’s eye, lavishing praise on Trump and surrounding himself with staffers in Trump’s orbit. Renacci’s running mate Joe Knopp even signed off on a recent fundraising email raffling off an autographed copy of a film he worked on called “The Trump I Know.”
Brad Parscale, Trump’s former campaign manager, is advising Renacci’s bid to dethrone DeWine. Parscale shared with POLITICO a polling memo from a survey conducted by Fabrizio Lee — Trump’s longtime pollster — that argued Renacci was in a strong position in his primary challenge, showing Renacci at 46 percent support to DeWine’s 38 percent in a head-to-head match-up among Republican primary voters.
The polling, according to the campaign, shows that the vast majority of likely Renacci voters support Trump and believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from him. “It’s amazing how many people, how many Republicans, in Ohio, believe the election was stolen,” Renacci told POLITICO.
And Renacci’s camp is working hard to try to create a wedge between Trump and DeWine. “Jim Renacci's the only Trump candidate,” Parscale said. “And it is clear from the data that Mike DeWine is the anti-Trump candidate.”
Renacci also carries a black mark into his gubernatorial campaign: his unsuccessful 2018 Senate bid. He was the sole Republican to lose statewide that year in Ohio, even with it being a strong year nationally for Democrats. Renacci lost to Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown by just under 7 points, while DeWine won the governorship and Republicans carried other statewide offices like secretary of state, treasurer and auditor. All told, DeWine ran about 178,000 votes ahead of Renacci that year.
Rennaci's manic rants are similar to Trump's
Trump conquered Ohio. Now his followers want the governorship.
Ex-Rep. Jim Renacci is challenging Gov. Mike DeWine in a primary, betting GOP voters want someone more closely aligned with Donald Trump.
www.politico.com
excerpts:
The GOP primary could show just how far Trumpism, even without the former president’s direct involvement, can take a challenger against a more traditional conservative governor who clashed with the most strident parts of the Republican base during the pandemic.
“I was fighting him, and then coronavirus hits, and then everybody jumps in the game and says, ‘We gotta stop this guy,’” Renacci said of DeWine and the state Republican Party during a speech to local activists here last week. “Well guess what? I was trying to stop him in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, ‘21. And by God, we’re going to stop him in 2022.”
Renacci is following a well-trodden path of Republican hopefuls trying to catch the former president’s eye, lavishing praise on Trump and surrounding himself with staffers in Trump’s orbit. Renacci’s running mate Joe Knopp even signed off on a recent fundraising email raffling off an autographed copy of a film he worked on called “The Trump I Know.”
Brad Parscale, Trump’s former campaign manager, is advising Renacci’s bid to dethrone DeWine. Parscale shared with POLITICO a polling memo from a survey conducted by Fabrizio Lee — Trump’s longtime pollster — that argued Renacci was in a strong position in his primary challenge, showing Renacci at 46 percent support to DeWine’s 38 percent in a head-to-head match-up among Republican primary voters.
The polling, according to the campaign, shows that the vast majority of likely Renacci voters support Trump and believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from him. “It’s amazing how many people, how many Republicans, in Ohio, believe the election was stolen,” Renacci told POLITICO.
And Renacci’s camp is working hard to try to create a wedge between Trump and DeWine. “Jim Renacci's the only Trump candidate,” Parscale said. “And it is clear from the data that Mike DeWine is the anti-Trump candidate.”
Renacci also carries a black mark into his gubernatorial campaign: his unsuccessful 2018 Senate bid. He was the sole Republican to lose statewide that year in Ohio, even with it being a strong year nationally for Democrats. Renacci lost to Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown by just under 7 points, while DeWine won the governorship and Republicans carried other statewide offices like secretary of state, treasurer and auditor. All told, DeWine ran about 178,000 votes ahead of Renacci that year.
