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Trump’s New Pitch for Republican Candidates — They’re Really Good Looking

Trump cast appearance as a campaign asset, praising Mike Collins and Rick Jackson while mocking Jon Ossoff at a Georgia rally.

  • At a rally in Georgia on Friday, President Donald Trump praised Republican Mike Collins while mocking Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, comparing the candidate's appearance to "Pee-wee Herman," a character played by the late Paul Reubens.
  • Trump's frequent focus on aesthetics stems from his background owning the Miss Universe pageant and starring on "The Apprentice," using physical appearance as a "measuring stick" to praise or ridicule political candidates.
  • Trump extended his visual appraisals to other candidates, praising Kentucky U.S. House hopeful Ed Gallrein on Saturday as a "good-looking guy" and calling Georgia gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson "a very handsome, distinguished, beautiful-looking guy."
  • During the same Saturday event, Trump made droll comments about Ohio Sen. Jon Husted, claiming, "I examined his ass" and shoulders, reprising a previous assessment of the Republican's past as a college football player.
  • Republicans are not immune to these critiques; Trump previously insulted Texas candidate Ken Paxton, stating he did not like his looks and that Paxton's conservative record "speaks a lot louder than the suit he's wearing.
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Trump's new pitch for Republican candidates — they're really good looking

President Donald Trump has a new pitch for Republican candidates: they’re easy on the eyes. At a Saturday rally in Kentucky, he praised U.S. House candidate Ed Gallrein as "beautiful." Trump also described Ohio Sen. Jon Husted as a "perfect…

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