House Republicans are scrambling to fix a potential nightmare that’s unfolding in a must-win race in northwestern Ohio.
The GOP is eager to block J.R. Majewski from winning its nomination to challenge veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Majewski lost his previous bid for Congress last year, after a news report on his military records indicated he lied about combat duty in Afghanistan.
Republicans turned to former state legislator Craig Riedel to beat Majewski in this cycle’s primary. But last week, an audio tape surfaced of Riedel calling Donald Trump “arrogant” and vowing not to endorse the former president. Now the primary looks poised to become a referendum on which is worse in today’s GOP: criticizing Trump or allegedly lying about one’s military valor.
Republican strategists don’t believe Majewski can win a general election against Kaptur, given his record and how purple the district is. Yet the audio of Riedel may have tanked his chances of defeating Majewski.
So Republicans in Ohio and Washington are in damage control mode, holding high-level discussions about trying to find a new candidate before the state’s Dec. 20 filing deadline, according to three people familiar with the effort who were granted anonymity to speak candidly.
Delicious.
Principle has not just taken a back seat to political "reality." It's been bound, gagged and stuffed in the trunk.
This is now the party that daily fellates the runaway best-polling presidential candidate who sells trading cards and pieces of his mug shot suit.
Not exactly what the ex-Whigs in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1854 had in mind. But Scoop Jackson and Daniel Patrick Moynihan wouldn't recognize their party, either.
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