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brooklynite

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Thu Aug 22, 2019, 10:41 AM Aug 2019

Trump Advisers Privately Worried About Primary Challenge [View all]

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Source: Political Wire

New York Times: “Some Trump advisers are more concerned about a primary challenge than they publicly let on, as Mr. Trump faces more strain in the job than he has in many months. They are also aware that primary challenges can weaken incumbents in a general election. The most recent example was President George Bush, who faced a primary challenger from the right in 1992 from Patrick J. Buchanan, a former aide to Richard Nixon and a prominent conservative…”

“Some public polling has found that more than 40 percent of Republicans are open to a primary challenge to Mr. Trump.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/22/trump-advisers-privately-worried-about-primary-challenge/

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