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Ohio Republican Senate hopeful Josh Mandel suffered a humiliating blow on Friday when former President Donald Trump officially endorsed rival J.D. Vance.
Mandel, who had worked incredibly hard to butter up Trump for an endorsement, posted a tweet that continued heaping praise on the twice-impeached former president even though he just dealt a significant hit to his hopes of winning the upcoming primary.
"I continue to be a proud supporter of President Trump and the America First agenda," Mandel wrote. "I look forward to earning his endorsement in the general election and working with him to defeat Tim Ryan in November."
Many of Mandel's followers gleefully piled on to rub salt in the wounds, however.
Check out some reactions below.
Hey @JoshMandelOhio You can almost hear the uncontrollable weeping in that tweet— soitbegins (@soitbegins) 1650058546
Look, Josh. The important part isn\u2019t that you weren\u2019t enough of a shitbird. The important part is that you were the biggest shitbird you could be.https://twitter.com/joshmandelohio/status/1515077412081614855\u00a0\u2026— USankMyBattleshipHat (@USankMyBattleshipHat) 1650059050
All that pandering and kissing Trump\u2019s ass just for him to endorse someone else.\n\nSad!https://twitter.com/joshmandelohio/status/1515077412081614855\u00a0\u2026— DeSantis 2024 (@DeSantis 2024) 1650058578
https://twitter.com/joshmandelohio/status/1515077412081614855\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/FSD20VCX99— \u212eoin Higgins (@\u212eoin Higgins) 1650059123
Mandel spent more than a year posturing as THE pro-Trump candidate, spouting Islamophobic and racist rhetoric, only for Trump to kick him to the curbhttps://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1515077412081614855\u00a0\u2026— Eric Michael Garcia (@Eric Michael Garcia) 1650060109
https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1515077412081614855\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/OIKM8yr2DX— Artist formerly known as Deven Nunez Cow (@Artist formerly known as Deven Nunez Cow) 1650058595
This is one of the most pathetic things I've seen in American politics.https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1515077412081614855\u00a0\u2026— The Very Vaccinated and Very Masked &%#@! Grawlix\u2122 (@The Very Vaccinated and Very Masked &%#@! Grawlix\u2122) 1650058197
https://twitter.com/joshmandelohio/status/1515077412081614855\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/IgBNFmn0Ua— Spiro Agnew\u2019s Ghost \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Spiro Agnew\u2019s Ghost \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650057836
