Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as an aide within the Trump administration, slammed the previous president for making endorsements based mostly on "private grievance" on Sunday.
Former President Donald Trump's endorsements, wanted by Republican candidates throughout the nation, who hope to capitalize on his reputation amongst GOP voters, have turn into a means for him to proceed constructing affect inside the social gathering whereas additionally rewarding candidates who've been loyal to him.
Most of his endorsed candidates have embraced his unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud within the 2020 presidential election. He has additionally focused individuals who have challenged these claims, prompting criticism from some inside the GOP.
The saliency of his endorsement and his voter fraud claims shall be examined throughout Tuesday's main elections in Georgia, which turned one of many states Trump loyalists claimed noticed widespread voter fraud after it narrowly flipped to President Joe Biden.
As prime Republicans together with the state's Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger rejected these claims, Trump backed their main challengers, former Senator David Perdue and GOP Consultant Jody Hice.
Griffin, who served because the White Home director of strategic communications and former Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, has turn into extra crucial of the previous president following final yr's Capitol riot, and criticized the endorsements throughout an look on CNN.
She defined that Trump usually makes endorsements based mostly on a candidate's loyalty to him, somewhat than which candidate could be viable in a basic election, which may very well be particularly necessary in a swing state corresponding to Georgia.
"Donald Trump's largest problem that he is going through is that he is making endorsements based mostly on grievance and his personal private sort of vendettas somewhat than who's electable and who's going to be an excellent candidate and capable of win in a basic election," she stated.
Griffin stated Trump's election fraud claims are "not a profitable message in Georgia," pointing to polls exhibiting Perdue trailing Kemp as proof.
Kemp, who Griffin described as a "in style incumbent," holds a double-digit lead over Perdue—regardless of Perdue receiving Trump's endorsement. A Fox Information ballot launched Wednesday discovered Kemp profitable 60 p.c of the vote, in comparison with Perdue's 28 p.c—a margin that has grown since March. Different polls have discovered the governor with an identical lead.
Ought to Kemp win the nomination on Tuesday, it could be one other signal that Trump's endorsement won't essentially carry candidates to victory inside Republican primaries, as he has been dealt a collection of defeats in current weeks.
Trump-endorsed candidates in Idaho and Nebraska lately did not win their primaries, and his decide within the Pennsylvania Senate main, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is solely main by about 1,000 votes as the opportunity of a recount looms.
Newsweek reached out to Trump's workplace for remark.
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