Trump ‘refused to call off attack’ on Capitol during Jan 6 riots, US representative says
Former president Donald Trump’s endorsement of “Eric” for the Republican primary election for a US Senate seat to replace retiring Senator Roy Blunt has caused a stir among the party members.
There are two GOP front-runners named Eric in that race – former governor Eric Greitens and state Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Both of them have seemed to assume that they were endorsed by Mr Trump.
There is also a third GOP candidate named Eric McElroy on the Republican primary ballot.
Taking to Twitter, Mr Schmitt wrote: “I’m grateful for president Trump’s endorsement.”
However, Mr Greitens also announced that he was “honoured to receive president Trump’s endorsement”. “I just had a great phone call with president Trump, I thanked him for his support! Together we will MAGA and Save America,” he added.
Meanwhile, Guy Reffitt, the 6 January rioter found guilty on five felony charges earlier this year, on Monday received the longest sentence handed down to a participant in the Capitol riot so far.
Reffitt was the first accused Capitol rioter to be tried before a jury after pleading not guilty.
Guy Reffitt’s daughter says Trump ‘deserves life in prison’
The daughter of a man who was jailed for his involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot said former president Donald Trump “deserves life in prison.”
Guy Reffitt was handed the longest sentence associated with the riot to date, with a federal judge giving him over seven years in prison after he was convicted for five counts.
“Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long,” Peyton Reffitt said outside the courthouse in Washington, DC.
Daughter of jailed Capitol rioter says Trump ‘deserves life in prison’
‘Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long’
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar2 August 2022 10:45
Watch Eric Greitens’ bizarre, violent anti-RINO ad
Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens is controversial for a plethora of reasons, and he recently doubled down on the public perception of him with a brace of ads showing him with a group of armed “troops” hunting down his political enemies.
Former Governor of Missouri Eric Greitens runs advert where he breaks into home
Mr Greitens has defended his ad campaign vociferously even as the first one was removed by Facebook for violating the platform’s “policies prohibiting violence and incitement”. Twitter also blocked users from sharing it.
Here’s more from Gustaf Kilander.
Greitens says violent video about hunting people was meant to be humorous
‘What you’re seeing is a tremendous amount of faux outrage from leftists and RINOs,’ former governor says
Andrew Naughtie2 August 2022 09:13
Election deniers try to seize control of key positions
ICYMI: The 2020 election’s shadow continues to loom over the 2022 midterm cycle and November could end up being a key referendum on whether the conspiracy theories that sprung out of 2020 have any sway over the general populace.
Conspiracy-supporting candidates are openly running for office in several states, including in swing states like Michigan and Nevada just to name a few.
The Associated Press dives in to the spread of election conspiracies through the GOP’s 2022 bench and whether it will turn off voters in November.
Top election official races feature deniers of 2020 results
An Arizona lawmaker endorsed by former President Donald Trump and another lawmaker who also believes the 2020 election should be overturned are among four Republicans vying to be the top election officer in Arizona
Graeme Massie2 August 2022 07:56
Trump Jr shares Eric Greitens’s endorsement tweet amid confusion
Donald Trump’s eldest son retweeted former Mussorie governor Eric Greitens’s tweet thanking the former president for his endorsement amid the ongoing confusion.
Mr…
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