Trump beats a longtime adversary with a late Georgia endorsement, and other election takeaways<\/a> [CNN<\/strong>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Except Trump didn’t. Not until 14 June. The primary date was 16 June.<\/p>\n Endorsements are traditionally a manner in which one political participant, whether it be a powerful individual such as a (ex-) governor or a union leader, confirms the ideological congruency of the endorsee to the endorser, and that the endorsee is competent to the job. Governor Kemp has been campaigning<\/a> for Dooley since August of 2025<\/strong>, when he endorsed Dooley.<\/p>\n President Trump has replaced that definition with a definition that feels like a weapon, because he has proclaimed many times, on many occasions, that those he endorses win, and win by a landslide. This is false, of course, with his endorsement of failed Iowa gubernatorial candidate Randy Feenstra<\/a> (R-IA) as just one example. But it does result in Republicans often doing the dolphin dance, looking for that faux-magical endorsement by putting themselves in front of the camera, often at Fox News, in order to catch and hold<\/p>\n So this was a clash of a callow President’s “philosophy,” if sops to his ego combined with ties binding winning candidates to his ankles qualifies as a philosophy<\/em>, with the old definition of a politician simply saying he likes a candidate’s ideology, competency, merit, and bona fid\u0113s<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Obviously, the two should not be compared; when Trump is pushed out of office, his definition should be discarded by everyone, no matter how much he trumpets its importance.<\/p>\n And CNN<\/strong><\/em> really blew it with that headline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some headline writer needs their head examined: Trump beats a longtime adversary with a late Georgia endorsement, and other election takeaways [CNN] This is a reference to Rep Collins defeating former football coach Derek Dooley in the Georgia primary runoff. Governor Kemp (R-GA) had endorsed the latter, while President Trump \u2026 Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20220724_141243525.jpg?resize=241%2C322&ssl=1\")
<\/a>This is a reference to Rep Collins defeating former football coach Derek Dooley in the Georgia primary runoff. Governor Kemp (R-GA) had endorsed the latter, while President Trump endorsed the former.<\/p>\n