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Donald Trump's week took another bad turn as he was forced to lobby for a Republican nominee attempting to fill a seat in a solidly red Florida district left open by one of his own Cabinet appointments.
Appearing on MSNBC with host Ana Cabrera, NBC's Melanie Zanona reported that the Republican Party is having to grapple with the fact that the seat left open by Mike Waltz (FL) is in danger of flipping during the special election as support for the GOP goes into free-fall. Stefanik was dumped by Trump as his UN ambassador on Thursday with the president admitting her district is no longer a lock for his party and she needs to remain in the sharply divided House. More problematic, Zanona noted, was the possibility that the embattled Waltz may see his abandoned seat also flip due to a Trump-endorsed candidate who is flopping with voters. As she told the host, "There are some alarm bells going off inside the GOP about one of those races: Florida Sixth," she reported. "That is a seat that Trump actually won by 30 points, but GOP leadership has grown increasingly concerned in recent days and weeks because the Republican candidate there, Randy Fine, he's just been massively outraised by his Democratic opponent."
"He was late to get on the airwaves, and leadership just really believes that he hasn't been taking his campaign that seriously," she continued. "Now, there has been an 11th hour effort to really revive his campaign, including Donald Trump doing a tele-town hall for Randy Fine last night. But it's still a bad look for Republicans, and it appears that that is one of the reasons why Trump's frustration over this race has really bled into his decision about Elise Stefanik."
Randy Fine was hand-picked by Trump and it seems like he somehow thought he could just cruise in to a safe seat. A top adviser to Trump reached out directly to state Sen. Randy Fine, with a message that he needed to get his house in order and get on the airwaves, a White House source told CNN. And some Republican leaders were even more blunt. House GOP campaign chief Rep. Richard Hudson and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer each separately told Fine to “get his sh*t together,” according to two GOP sources working closely on the race. Now, weeks later, Republicans are bracing for a closer-than-expected result Tuesday in a deep-red US House district in Florida, where their nominee has been significantly outraised and is at risk of falling far short of the president’s November performance in the district. Ahead of the vote, Republicans are rushing to level-set expectations and bolster Fine’s campaign, including with a tele-rally featuring Trump set for Thursday evening. Both parties agree that Fine remains poised to win the special election for the seat, which became vacant when the president tapped former Rep. Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser. Waltz won reelection in November by 33 points.
But Democrat Josh Weil, a teacher, has outraised Fine nearly 10-to-1 and run a much more aggressive campaign, tying Fine to the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency and potential cuts to Medicaid and Social Security.
At the root of Republican concerns has been the strong fundraising by the Democratic candidates. In the 6th District, Weil has outraised Fine by about $9.5 million to about $1 million, and outspent him by about $8.2 million to just $895,000. And Weil has had almost no outside help. Fine reported only $93,000 in cash as of March 13 on his pre-election FEC filing, revealing a severely depleted war chest.
Be interesting to see how this actually pans out. Maybe a warning shot that some of Trump's actions, the one's he DIDN'T campaign on, like being Putin's cock-sucking buddy, are startig to backfire on him, as well they should.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/poli...S&cvid=2c7fa50208814fd49ab2ca435599f3f4&ei=14
Appearing on MSNBC with host Ana Cabrera, NBC's Melanie Zanona reported that the Republican Party is having to grapple with the fact that the seat left open by Mike Waltz (FL) is in danger of flipping during the special election as support for the GOP goes into free-fall. Stefanik was dumped by Trump as his UN ambassador on Thursday with the president admitting her district is no longer a lock for his party and she needs to remain in the sharply divided House. More problematic, Zanona noted, was the possibility that the embattled Waltz may see his abandoned seat also flip due to a Trump-endorsed candidate who is flopping with voters. As she told the host, "There are some alarm bells going off inside the GOP about one of those races: Florida Sixth," she reported. "That is a seat that Trump actually won by 30 points, but GOP leadership has grown increasingly concerned in recent days and weeks because the Republican candidate there, Randy Fine, he's just been massively outraised by his Democratic opponent."
"He was late to get on the airwaves, and leadership just really believes that he hasn't been taking his campaign that seriously," she continued. "Now, there has been an 11th hour effort to really revive his campaign, including Donald Trump doing a tele-town hall for Randy Fine last night. But it's still a bad look for Republicans, and it appears that that is one of the reasons why Trump's frustration over this race has really bled into his decision about Elise Stefanik."
Randy Fine was hand-picked by Trump and it seems like he somehow thought he could just cruise in to a safe seat. A top adviser to Trump reached out directly to state Sen. Randy Fine, with a message that he needed to get his house in order and get on the airwaves, a White House source told CNN. And some Republican leaders were even more blunt. House GOP campaign chief Rep. Richard Hudson and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer each separately told Fine to “get his sh*t together,” according to two GOP sources working closely on the race. Now, weeks later, Republicans are bracing for a closer-than-expected result Tuesday in a deep-red US House district in Florida, where their nominee has been significantly outraised and is at risk of falling far short of the president’s November performance in the district. Ahead of the vote, Republicans are rushing to level-set expectations and bolster Fine’s campaign, including with a tele-rally featuring Trump set for Thursday evening. Both parties agree that Fine remains poised to win the special election for the seat, which became vacant when the president tapped former Rep. Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser. Waltz won reelection in November by 33 points.
But Democrat Josh Weil, a teacher, has outraised Fine nearly 10-to-1 and run a much more aggressive campaign, tying Fine to the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency and potential cuts to Medicaid and Social Security.
At the root of Republican concerns has been the strong fundraising by the Democratic candidates. In the 6th District, Weil has outraised Fine by about $9.5 million to about $1 million, and outspent him by about $8.2 million to just $895,000. And Weil has had almost no outside help. Fine reported only $93,000 in cash as of March 13 on his pre-election FEC filing, revealing a severely depleted war chest.
Be interesting to see how this actually pans out. Maybe a warning shot that some of Trump's actions, the one's he DIDN'T campaign on, like being Putin's cock-sucking buddy, are startig to backfire on him, as well they should.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/poli...S&cvid=2c7fa50208814fd49ab2ca435599f3f4&ei=14
