Senate candidate Walker: Trump endorsement of opponent in GOP primary was ‘orchestrated’
Summary by The Fayetteville Observer
Despite Trump’s endorsement of Ted Budd in the GOP Senate primary in North Carolina, Mark Walker thinks he can gain his support.
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Trump endorsement shakes up GOP Senate primary in NC
Former President Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina’s GOP Senate primary is setting off a round of finger-pointing among frustrated Republicans in the state.
GOP candidate throws fit over not getting Trump's endorsement for Senate — calls it 'orchestrated' plot
On Monday, the Jacksonville Daily Newsreported that former Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), one of the first major candidates to seek the Republican nomination for North Carolina's open Senate seat, is still stinging that former President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Ted Budd over him — and speculated that it was a plot "orchestrated" by Mark Meadows, another former North Carolina representative who served as Trump's chief of staff."'Ah — my first thought…
“A difference of opinion between former President Donald Trump and some activist North Carolina Republicans was highlighted when Senate candidate Mark Walker (R) told guests at a GOP luncheon that Trump’s former chief of staff engineered Trump’s surprise endorsement seven days prior of another candidate, Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC),” the Fayetteville Observer reports.Said Walker: “Ah — my first thought — it was that Mark Meadows had orchestrated this w…
NC Republican candidates press on without Trump's endorsement
A growing number of GOP Senate contenders are spurning former President Donald Trump's wishes with campaigns that defy his criticism or ignore his support of a rival, as the Republican Party debates his role in its future.
