All posts tagged "Primaries"

Trump taunted a Fox News reporter and her fiancé, a Republican congressman, by suggesting he could oust him through elections.

"Her husband votes against me all the time," Trump said about Jacqui Heinrich and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) while speaking to a press gaggle on Wednesday. "Can you imagine? I don't know what's with him. You better ask him what's with him. He likes voting against Trump. You know what happens with that? It doesn't work out well."

Trump was likely referring to his role as kingmaker. The Republican candidates that Trump has endorsed have gone on to win recent primary elections, and he usually backs the opponents of GOP lawmakers who refuse to do his bidding....

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy may have been publicly beat down before being booted out of power after just 269 days on the job, but his presence is still being felt in the GOP.

And McCarthy’s got some scores to settle first.

McCarthy’s allies have been on the offense against some of the eight far-right Republicans who cost him his coveted speaker’s gavel last fall and prompted his resignation in December....

Hillary Clinton refuses to commit to a debate against Bernie Sanders in New York according to what a top Hillary advisor told CNN's Kate Bolduan. Hillary is allegedly concerned with the tone Sanders is using in his campaign ads.