WATCH: Maggie Haberman Explains How Trump Created a Situation He Can’t Control in Pennsylvania
Donald Trump desperately wants to be seen as a winner. And his endorsements are incredibly important to him. If you do want the backing of the former President, it helps to be a celebrity. Trump backed Herschel Walker in Georgia and Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania despite them clearly not being the best candidates.
Maggie Haberman thinks in Pennsylvania, Trump created a problem that he can’t handle. She told CNN:
“I don’t remember a race like this in a long time. They’re all bunched up, the top three. It’s not clear who is going to win. Trump tried pushing Mehmet Oz over the top and he may still end up doing that. But there are strategists looking at this race who say they can see Oz finishing third. The big question is, Oz comes into this with ideological issues for the Republican base of his own, but it will absolutely be seen as a measure of the limits of Trump’s appeal.”
When asked about the possibility that Kathy Barnette could win and the Republican response, the New York Times report answered, “I think he’s trying to get her to sand down certain edges. and this is not unusual, when you see a contest like this. But again, what her whole message has been, essentially, is reminding us that Trump unleashed something that he can’t really control anymore with this movement. I think that whether he’s able to get his candidate over and turn this into a referendum on him is the big open question of the day. It’s hard to overstate that.”
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