Wednesday, May 11, 2022
By Gary Bauer
Donald Trump waded into the West Virginia primary where redistricting forced two GOP House incumbents into one seat. Rep. Alex Mooney was the clear conservative, and was endorsed by Donald Trump.
The other incumbent was Rep. David McKinley, who was endorsed by Sen. Joe Manchin because he was one of just 13 House Republicans to vote for Biden's trillion-dollar infrastructure boondoggle. McKinley was also one of 35 House Republicans who voted for Nancy Pelosi's January 6th commission.
The media coverage on the primary eagerly predicted a Trump loss, depicting the primary as a matchup between the former president and the popular long-time Democrat senator and former governor. Two-thirds of the new district was made up of McKinley's old seat, giving him the "home-field advantage."
But with Trump's endorsement Mooney won big – 54% to 36%.
Trump's record is now 58-1 in the 2022 primaries. The lone loss came in Nebraska last night, where Trump's endorsed candidate narrowly lost the primary for governor.
That said, I can't think of any other figure in the GOP – not George W. Bush, not Karl Rover, not Mitt Romney – who could rack up such an impressive record of victories.
By the way, nobody seems to want Joe Biden's endorsement. He's made only four – yes, just four – endorsements as president.
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