GOP eager for Trump intervention in contested Senate primaries

[DonViejo]

By Sean Sullivan and Michael Scherer May 9 at 9:38 PM

Republican leaders are encouraging President Trump to intervene in competitive primaries, concluding that he is a powerful force to energize GOP voters and help the party hold its Senate majority in the midterm elections.

The decision is a notable reversal for top GOP senators, some of whom feuded with Trump during the first year of his presidency and saw his erratic behavior and low approval as potential liabilities.

But they were thrilled Wednesday with the outcome of primaries in three states where their preferred candidates closely aligned with Trump won — thanks to some help from the president.

Republicans said they expected Trump to reprise the role he played in West Virginia, where they argued that his last-minute plea to GOP voters to reject Don Blankenship helped ensure that the former coal executive with a criminal record lost on Tuesday.

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[bearsfootball516]

1. I have a hard time believing

That Trump’s tweet 24 hours before the WV primary was the reason Blankenship got completely destroyed the next day. He was going to get crushed regardless of what Trump said.