Lara Trump mulling 2022 Senate run in North Carolina

[RandySF]

President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, could become the next Trump on a ballot as she is reportedly considering a 2022 Senate run in her home state of North Carolina, according to a New York Times report on Thursday.

Three allies of Lara Trump told the Times that she has been telling associates she could run in two years to replace Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who plans to retire at the end of his term.

The upcoming Senate race is likely to be tight after North Carolina became more of a battleground state in this year’s election. President Trump held onto the state by 1.3 percentage points — a smaller margin than in 2016, hinting that the Tar Heel State may be looking more purple.

The president’s daughter-in-law, a former personal trainer and television producer for Insider Edition, married Eric Trump in 2014.

Mercedes Schlapp, a Trump campaign adviser who traveled with Lara Trump, called her “very charismatic” with “a natural instinct for politics.”

“In North Carolina, in particular, she’s a household name and people know her,” she told the Times. “She worked really hard on the campaign and was very involved in a lot of decisions throughout.”



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/526760-lara-trump-mulling-2022-senate-run-in-north-carolina-report

[In It to Win It]

1. Oh lord! 🙄

[CatMor]

2. The grifters like all that campaign money ...

like the song Money for Nothing.

[essaynnc]

3. oh hell no!

you won't be blaming us north Carolinians for continuing the Trump political lineage .... Household name??? I didn't know she was from nc.

[Lugnut]

4. Just go away, Lara.

You're over.

[NJCher]

5. A personal trainer?

That should help her with the complexities of laws.

[Moostache]

6. Stop, just stop...

If we continue to allow fame and name recognition to elect Senators, this country may as well split in two now and save everyone the pain of an actual war. Lara Trump is an as big or bigger nitwit than her husband, brother-in-law or father-in-law.

I am physically sickened by this entire idea...

[kacekwl]

7. She's stupid and unqualified so

she'll probably win.