Former President Trump on Tuesday urged voters to oust Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), one of many 10 Home Republicans who voted to question the previous president after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol.
In a submit on Reality Social on Tuesday, Trump cited Newhouse’s impeachment vote as motive to vote towards him, saying, his challenger, Republican Jerrod Sessler, “is running against a Weak and Pathetic RINO named Newhouse, who voted to, for no reason, Impeach me.”
“Newhouse has to go! He wished he didn’t do what he did, but it’s too late, and besides that, he didn’t represent the people nearly as well as Jerrod will,” Trump continued within the submit.
“Jerrod will do an incredible job – He is MAGA all the way, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement. JERROD SESSLER WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!!!”
The race has divided high political figures within the social gathering: Whereas Trump pushes his supporters to vote towards the incumbent, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise (R-La.) have flown to Washington to stump for his or her colleague.
Newhouse is certainly one of solely two remaining Home Republicans in Congress who broke with their social gathering following the Capitol assault and voted to question Trump.
Trump beforehand endorsed Sessler within the race for the Home seat in Washington, the place the highest two main candidates — even when they’re from the identical social gathering — advance to the final election in November.
Newhouse, who defeated a Democratic challenger in 2022 by a large margin, got here in second within the 2024 main, whereas Sessler got here in first.
The Hill has reached out to Newhouse’s marketing campaign for remark.
