Donald Trump is the clear leader of the Republican Party.
But the green-eyed monster has other politicians trying to claw their way past him.
And one wannabe President just kicked off his bid for the White House by stabbing Donald Trump in the back.
Nobody’s endorsement carries more weight in politics than Donald Trump’s right now.
He’s been helping conservatives in need shore up their campaigns.
But now one Trump-endorsed Senator just betrayed him big time by endorsing one of Trump’s most obvious RINO adversaries.
Donald Trump has been purging his Party of Never Trumpers by endorsing candidates to replace them in primary campaigns.
One of the biggest names on his list of elected officials to boot out of office is Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska.
Murkowski leans so far to the Left it’s ridiculous.
And has been out to get Donald Trump for years now and even voted to impeach him in the Democrats’ bogus impeachment attempt in 2021.
Trump has already endorsed Murkowski’s replacement, primary challenger Kelly Tshibaka.
Alaska’s Republican Party also threw their support behind Trump’s pick by backing Tshibaka.
They even went a step further voting to censure Murkowski by a margin of 53-17 ahead of voters going to the polls for the primary election in Alaska today.
The Last Frontier’s GOP hoped to discourage her from running as a Republican in 2022.
Based on the company she keeps, it’s obvious Murkowski is a Democrat in reality.
She’s been endorsed by Democrat Senators Joe Manchin from West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
And she just added one shocking new name to her list of supporters.
Republican Senator Tim Scott from South Carolina just took one massive political gamble by endorsing Murkowski’s re-election.
“The road to socialism runs right through a divided Republican Party,” Sen. Scott said. “I like winning and frankly the best shot at us keeping that seat is without doubt Lisa Murkowski.”
It’s a stunning political play considering that Senator Scott received Donald Trump’s “complete and total endorsement” for his 2022 re-election campaign back in March last year.
At the time, Scott’s campaign had all kinds of nice things to say about Trump.
“Thank you, President Trump!” Scott spokesman Bradford Traywick wrote in a tweet at the time. “Tim Scott is honored to have President Trump’s endorsement. In just four years they were able to pass historic tax reform, achieve record unemployment, seat 220+ conservative judges, begin Operation Warp speed, and enact vital criminal justice reform.”
But now it looks like Scott has pivoted from accepting Trump’s help to taking him on in the future.
It appears Scott’s dirty maneuvering is part of an effort to take the White House by positioning himself as a “moderate.”
Scott has claimed he doesn’t have any aspirations for the top office in the land, but if you look close enough his plans are in the fine print.
The copyright page on his new memoir, America: A Redemption Story, lays out his ambitions clearly.
“Senator Scott is a rising star who sees and understands the importance of bipartisanship to move America forward,” it reads. “This book is a political memoir that includes his core messages as he prepares to make a presidential bid in 2022.”
Scott already looks like he’s on track to be re-elected to his senate seat in 2022.
Murkowski and Tshibaka face a much more competitive election with a crowded field set to be decided in today’s ranked-choice jungle primary contest where the four top contenders, regardless of party, will be picked to move on.
All four top picks will end up on the General Election ballot in November.
Political Animal News will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
