'They think he's a child': GOP pollster claims Republicans are laughing behind Trump's back
In a column asserting that there is increasing evidence Republicans can put former president Donald Trump in their rearview mirrors and move on without him, longtime political observer Eleanor Clift reports one well-known conservative pollster admitted that the GOP lawmakers privately
have a very low opinion of the former leader of the free world.
Elaborating on GOP attitudes about the former president, Luntz stated, "They won’t say it [in public], but behind his back, they think he’s a child. They’re laughing at him. That’s what made it [Sununu’s comments] significant.”
""He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven"" -Matthew 18:1-5
Tide turns for Trump favorite in key Senate race
North Carolina’s May 17 primary is emerging as a key test of the former president’s clout.
SELMA, N.C. — Donald Trump came to town at just the right moment — in time to witness his chosen candidate finally emerge as the front-runner in the state’s contentious Senate primary.
After
struggling for months to take the lead, polls released last week show GOP Rep. Ted Budd has a commanding advantage, ending speculation that the former president badly miscalculated with his early and unexpected endorsement of the little known House member.
It’s a relief for Trump, whose endorsement record will be closely scrutinized in advance of a possible 2024 presidential bid. He’s already seen one of his endorsed Senate candidates drop out of the race in Pennsylvania, and
another flounderin Alabama, where the former president
pulled his endorsement from Rep. Mo Brooks last month.
North Carolina’s May 17 GOP primary will serve as one of the year’s first major tests of his clout within the party.
“I’m very proud of that man,” Trump said of Budd at a Saturday rally here in eastern North Carolina. “Not an easy thing to do, what he’s doing, and he did it so well. And we gotta get out there to vote. Make sure you’re voting.”
Trump, calling Budd “by far the best candidate in the race,” teased an unnamed poll he said he had seen earlier in the day showing Budd with a 17-point lead in the primary — a stark contrast with polls in late February that showed Budd six to 11 points behind former Gov. Pat McCrory.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/11/trump-ted-budd-north-carolina-senate-00024322
