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New Hampshire Republicans welcome Trump primary challenge
Source: Associated Press
New Hampshire Republicans welcome Trump primary challenge
By HUNTER WOODALL and STEVE PEOPLES
March 19, 2019
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire gave Donald Trump his first presidential primary victory. Some prominent New Hampshire Republicans aren’t sure he deserves a second.
Steve Duprey, who represents New Hampshire at the Republican National Committee, won’t say whether he’ll vote for Trump in 2020. Former GOP chairwoman Jennifer Horn, who led the party during the president’s first run, is actively working for a Trump primary challenger. And former Republican Sen. Gordon Humphrey is calling for Trump’s impeachment.
Even among the detractors, few believe Trump will lose New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary next year. But in sharp contrast to Republicans in other states, some New Hampshire GOP leaders are actively encouraging — or at the very least failing to discourage — Trump primary challengers.
That’s even as the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee aggressively work to prevent a serious primary challenge for fear that it would hurt the president’s re-election chances.
Duprey, in an unusual move for an RNC member, lashed out at Trump this week for continuing to criticize the late Sen. John McCain, who was popular in New Hampshire and died last August of cancer.
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By HUNTER WOODALL and STEVE PEOPLES
March 19, 2019
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire gave Donald Trump his first presidential primary victory. Some prominent New Hampshire Republicans aren’t sure he deserves a second.
Steve Duprey, who represents New Hampshire at the Republican National Committee, won’t say whether he’ll vote for Trump in 2020. Former GOP chairwoman Jennifer Horn, who led the party during the president’s first run, is actively working for a Trump primary challenger. And former Republican Sen. Gordon Humphrey is calling for Trump’s impeachment.
Even among the detractors, few believe Trump will lose New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary next year. But in sharp contrast to Republicans in other states, some New Hampshire GOP leaders are actively encouraging — or at the very least failing to discourage — Trump primary challengers.
That’s even as the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee aggressively work to prevent a serious primary challenge for fear that it would hurt the president’s re-election chances.
Duprey, in an unusual move for an RNC member, lashed out at Trump this week for continuing to criticize the late Sen. John McCain, who was popular in New Hampshire and died last August of cancer.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/59d2395c7af14261aaf0b023aec4c3b6
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