RNC chair says Gillespie embraced Trump, contradicting president

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Politico

RNC chair says Gillespie embraced Trump, contradicting president

By CRISTIANO LIMA

11/08/2017 12:48 PM EST

Updated 11/08/2017 03:20 PM EST

Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel said Wednesday she thought Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie sufficiently embraced President Donald Trump while campaigning, despite the president's words to the contrary. ... After Trump swiped at Gillespie on Twitter Tuesday following his electoral defeat, writing that the candidate "worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for," the RNC chair was asked to reconcile the president's words with Gillespie's actions.

“Ed {Gillespie} did work with the president," Romney McDaniel said during a Fox News interview. "I absolutely think any candidate should be embracing the president … and I think Ed did.” ... Romney McDaniel cited a robocall the president released prior to Election Day in which he told voters that "Ed Gillespie will help make America great again."

The president also repeatedly voiced his support for the Gillespie in his race against eventual winner Northam, writing positively of him as recently as Tuesday morning, when he tweeted that Gillespie would "totally turn around the high crime and poor economic performance of VA. MS-13 and crime will be gone."

Trump never appeared on the campaign trail for the former Republican National Committee chairman, instead sending Vice President Mike Pence to stump for the party's nominee. ... Shortly after Northam was declared the winner in Virginia Tuesday night, Trump criticized Gillespie for not fully accepting him and his political beliefs.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/08/rnc-ronna-romney-mcdaniel-ed-gillespie-trump-244693

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What a swell guy.

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Retweeted by Dave Weigel: https://twitter.com/daveweigel

RNC chair breaks with Trump, says Gillespie embraced White House http://politi.co/2m57Mgw

Link to tweet

[quartz007]

1. Are there photo's of them together

on campaign trail? I would love to see those,
and show them to republicans I know.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. No.

Trump never appeared on the campaign trail for the former Republican National Committee chairman, instead sending Vice President Mike Pence to stump for the party's nominee.

See my threads over in the Virginia Forum. Some Twitter accounts are worth following for more information on the results of the general election in Virginia, and I have listed a few of them there.

Also, welcome to DU.

[TomCADem]

6. Really? For a guy running away from Trump...

...he really needs to work on his campaign signs:





...

[emulatorloo]

2. Of course he did. All about 'murderous' latinos and rehabilitating the confederacy

[hibbing]

3. Yes, he certainly embraced the racism n/t

[TomCADem]

5. What is Funny Is That Fox Ran With the Headline That Gillespie Ran Against Trump

Fox is running a whole bunch of stories suggesting that Ed was running away from Trump...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/07/trump-blames-gillespie-for-loss-in-va-race-did-not-embrace-me.html

Of course, reality is a stubborn thing.

[mr_lebowski]

8. Oh, don't worry ... the FauxBots will NEEEEEVER see these pics you're posting ...

Such nonsense, such clearly liberally-biased concepts as "Facts" and "Reality" ... are of absolutely no use to them ...

[keithbvadu2]

7. Under the bus you go, Ed.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ed-gillespie-lost-an-election-then-he-was-pulverized-by-trump-and-his-allies

Ed Gillespie Lost an Election. Then He Was Pulverized by Trump and His Allies.


"Busses aren’t known for blazing speeds. But the one that Ed Gillespie found himself under Tuesday night came faster than even the biggest cynic expected."