Here is a look at the Trump-endorsed candidates who won Tuesday. Trump did not make any endorsements in Oregon, a state he lost by 16 percentage points in 2020. In Nebraska’s May 10 primary, Trump ally Charles Herbster finished second despite a Trump rally for him in the run-up to the election. McGeachin lost the primary by a wide margin, marking the second consecutive week that a Trump-backed candidate for governor fell short. Brad Little was an even more humbling defeat for the former president. July 19 & Aug 2: Maryland, Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington.June 21 & 28: Alabama, Virginia, Colorado, Illinois, Oklahoma and Utah.June 14: South Carolina, Nevada, North Dakota and Maine.June 7: California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana and South Dakota.May 24: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and the Texas runoffs.May 17: Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.News accounts of the statue turning heads at CPAC had no response from Trump.We’re tracking Donald Trump’s endorsement track record through the 2022 primaries. Air Force veteran from Illinois, said on Twitter. “Idol worship isn’t conservative,” Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a Republican and U.S. The golden calf refers to the Old Testament story where the children of Israel, who had just been freed from slavery by the prophet Moses, built and worshipped a golden calf while Moses communed with God on Mount Sinai. Sabato is the founder and director of the the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Cue Moses,” wrote Larry Sabato on Twitter, according to The Hill. Bergstrom March 1, 2021īut online, not everyone admired the golden statue. I've deleted.ĪFAIK, no one prayed over a golden Trump statue. I thought the reference was clear, but it's causing confusion. I posted a photoshop of the golden Trump statue (left) into the famous photo of evangelicals praying over Trump (right). The fact that he’s wearing thongs and shorts is that he’s at the age where he should be retired. The red white and blue is that he’s a patriot. “The red tie symbolizes he’s a Republican. “The coat and tie is the fact that he’s a professional, he’s a businessman,” Zegan told CNN. The “magic wand” refers a comment made by former President Barack Obama in 2016, when he figuratively asked “what magic wand do you have” of Trump’s plan to bring lost manufacturing jobs back to America. Constitution in his right hand and a star-capped wand in his left. Trump, whose head, hands and legs are painted gold, holds the U.S. The gilded Trump is dressed in red flip-flops, American flag shorts and a black suit coat over a white dress shirt and red tie. Zegan said that he’d sell it for $100,000. The artist said the statue was then U-Hauled to Orlando, where it was on display for CPAC 2021. The 200-pound fiberglass statue of the former president, titled Trump and his Magic Wand, was made in Rosarito, Mexico, and later painted in Tampa, Florida, Politico reported. “I know the biblical definition of an idol. “It’s not an idol,” said artist and former youth pastor Tommy Zegan, reported MediaITE. The seemingly gilded likeness of Trump attracted criticism as it was compared to the golden calf worshiped in the Bible’s book of Exodus, but the statue’s creator rejected the comparison. While the Old Testament’s Moses might disagree, there were no graven images at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, according to the man who built a golden statue of former President Donald Trump.
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