"Go f**k yourself": Trump and Don Jr. war with top GOP donor who bought ads opposing his candidate

[marmar]

Former President Donald Trump's endorsement of "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance has sparked a civil war between Trumpworld and one of the Republican Party's biggest donors.

Trump last week endorsed Vance, a venture capitalist whose campaign is financially backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, in the Ohio Republican Senate primary. The move sparked backlash from Republicans in the state who have criticized Vance for making anti-Trump statements in the past. Trump expected the conservative Club for Growth, which spent more than $65 million to elect Republicans last campaign cycle, to drop their backing of Vance opponent Josh Mandel but the group doubled down instead, according to The New York Times' Maggie Haberman.

The Club for Growth aired new ads in Ohio on Thursday featuring quotes from Vance criticizing Trump. Vance strongly opposed Trump during the 2016 campaign, blaming "racism" and "xenophobia" for his rise. Vance called Trump "reprehensible" and in a private text message reportedly worried that Trump would become "America's Hitler."

The ad shows Vance describing himself in a 2016 interview as a "Never Trump guy" and shows one of his old tweets where Vance described Trump as an "idiot." ..............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2022/04/22/go-fk-yourself-and-don-jr-with-top-donor-bought-ads-opposing-his-candidate/

[Diamond_Dog]

1. LOL

[sop]

2. Who can keep up with this soap opera?

[Emile]

3. Peyton Place redux.

[Midnight Writer]

4. I'll say this for Republicans: They sure know how to make effective attack ads.

Hopefully they will weaken each other so much in the primaries that we will have an opening.

[Firestorm49]

5. How presidential. What a knob!

[packman]

6. Well, they are confusing the hell out of me

He endorsed a guy who can't stand him?? Sounds like a "Person, woman, man, camera, TV" type of response.