Trump Gets Endorsement From Republican Heavyweight

Rep. Steve Scalise (R La.), the second most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, said Tuesday he is officially endorsing former President Donald Trump’s reelection bid. In a longer statement to Fox News and other media outlets, he said that “when Donald Trump was President, American workers and families were thriving.” “In this race, there is one man who has a proven track record of being able to save our country and get us back on track: Donald Trump,” the Louisiana Republican said, adding, “He has done it once before, and I know he will do it again.” The statement said that under the Trump administration, “grocery costs were affordable, and families could afford to buy a house and provide for their children.” He also criticized the Biden administration’s border policy, noting the rampant illegal immigration along the U.S.

Mexico border. “Fiscal Year 2023 surpassed Fiscal Year 2022 as the worst year at the border with the most migrant encounters on record, 169 individuals on the terrorist watchlist apprehended attempting to enter illegally, and over 27,000 pounds of fentanyl seized by the CPB,” he said. “In Joe Biden’s America, our communities aren’t safe.” Days before his endorsement, Mr.

Scalise wrote that he believed there was a “blatant” attempt at “election interference” when Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled to remove President Trump from Colorado’s ballots. A narrowly divided majority on the state court argued that the former president violated the “insurrection clause” of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment’s Section 3, an interpretation the former president is likely to appeal to the U.S.

Supreme Court. After the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R Calif.), who left Congress late last month, Mr. Scalise threw his hat into the speakership race but ultimately came up short. Eventually, Mr. Johnson prevailed and is now the House speaker, albeit with a very narrow Republican majority.

“I will help whether I’m in it or whether I’m out. I want the country to be successful. I tell the [former] president all the time, it’s about renewing, rebuilding and restoring this country,” he said said in an interview with Fox News..