Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) declined to say Thursday whether she supports President Donald Trump.
In the wake of President Donald Trump's historic primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday, many Senate Republican leaders are still To support Trump is seeking re-election despite the fact that about 60% of Republicans in both houses of Congress support him.
Instead of supporting Trump, Moore Capito Said The New Hampshire primary was a “good win” for the former president.
Moore Capito as other Senate Republican leaders, including Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), expressed support for Trump after his New Hampshire win. He declined to respond to Breitbart News' requests.
The Mountain senator has refused to support Trump's re-election bid in a state where it is difficult for him to do so. won In 2020, it increased by nearly 40%.
Moore Capito's decision not to endorse Trump comes as conservatives in West Virginia seek to cancel May's Republican primary in a bid to block Democratic influence in the election. Breitbart News reported:
The Capito family is doing everything in its power to stop conservatives from closing the state's primary to Republican voters only. Moderate Republican gubernatorial candidate Moore Capito, the son of anti-Trump Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, knows the only way to win the Republican primary is to get liberal Democrats to vote for him. . On the other side of the issue are West Virginia conservatives like current AG and gubernatorial candidate Patrick Morrissey.
As Breitbart News' Christina Wong reported, gubernatorial candidate Moore Capito wore a bulletproof vest in a campaign photo, even though he has never served in the military.
Sen. Moore Capito has long been aligned with the leadership of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). In November 2022, she said she was in the “Mitch McConnell camp” as some questioned McConnell's leadership following Senate Republicans' poor performance in the 2022 midterm elections. Ta.
Sean Moran is a policy reporter at Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.
