GOP governor calls on fellow Republicans to ‘move on’ from Trump
Donald Trump‘s chosem Republican representative Alex Mooney defeated fellow Republican David McKinley in a primary in West Virginia, another Trump-backed candidate fell short in Nebraska’s gubernatorial primary. Charles Herbster, who was endorsed by the president despite being accused of sexual assault by multiple women, lost his race to University of Nebraska regent Jim Pillen.
In West Virginia, however, the mood was lighter. “Donald Trump loves West Virginia, and West Virginia loves Donald Trump,” Mr Mooney said in his victory speech. Mr McKinley, who broke away from his party by becoming one of 13 Republicans to vote in support of support Joe Biden’s $1.2tn infrastructure bill, was sharply criticised by Mr Trump a RINO, or “Republican in Name Only”. He was supported by the state’s most senior Democrat, Joe Manchin.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk has said he would end Mr Trump’s ban from Twitter, saying he thought the decision to block the then-president was “morally wrong”, “foolish in the extreme” and “it alienated a large part of the country”.
