Frank LaRose, Ohio’s Secretary of State, offered some candid assessments about the value of the Trump backing during closed door remarks.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said that the 2022 midterms proved that the Trump endorsement doesn’t carry as much weight as it once did. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoFormer President Donald Trump’s endorsement is widely viewed among Republican candidates as the golden ticket to the nomination.
“There is another 20 percent that care about who he endorses but that’s not going to be the decision maker. And then there’s probably another 60 percent of the party that doesn’t care who he endorses,” said LaRose, according to a recording of his remarks obtained by POLITICO. LaRose is considering entering the Republican primary to take on Brown in the 2024 Senate election in Ohio. Brown is seeking his fourth term but is widely seen as one of the more vulnerable Democrats up this cycle. Moderate Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan and Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno for the GOP’s have already announced they are seeking the nomination.
“Knowing how this goes,” he continued, “I can even picture it in my mind they’re sitting in the president’s office in Mar-a-Lago and he says, ‘You know, I’m not ready to endorse yet, you got a lot more time, you don’t have strong name ID, you haven’t any raised money yet, I’ll just say some nice things about your father in law on Twitter or Truth Social or whatever and then let’s talk about an endorsement six months from now.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is acknowledged by former President Donald Trump at a rally on April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. | Joe Maiorana/AP Photo “Here’s an example, there is a new U.S. senator from Alabama — we can agree it’s a pretty conservative state. She won the primary in ‘22 and didn’t have the Trump endorsement. She was the better candidate,” LaRose said. “The guy Trump endorsed came out to be a dud of a candidate and so Katie Britt won the primary and got elected as U.S. senator from Alabama. So it’s entirely possible even back in ‘22 that the best candidate regardless of the endorsement is the one that wins.
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