Trump Sends Handwritten Letter With Offer of Support for Candidate Challenging GOP Rep. Who Voted for Impeachment
Former President Donald Trump has offered to support a Republican primary challenger to replace New York GOP Rep. John Katko who voted to impeach him following the events of Jan. 6. Syracuse.com reported the story…
Former President Donald Trump has offered to support a Republican primary challenger to replace New York GOP Rep. John Katko who voted to impeach him following the events of Jan. 6.
Syracuse.com reported the story, along with a copy of a handwritten letter from Trump written alongside an April 23 article. The headline read “Onondaga County Conservative Party dumps John Katko over Trump impeachment vote.”
Trump called it, “A great move.”
He wrote, “Katko will never win again. He is bad news. Please thank all including those in Wayne and Cayuga — and now Onondaga.”
Trump added, “I won big in area. Will help with campaign — find a great candidate.”
Onondaga County Conservative Party Chairman Bernie Ment told Syracuse.com, “It was a surprise to me this morning when I got .”
Ment added, “I was shocked. It just turned up out of the blue.”
According to the report, the Onondaga County GOP is waiting for the completion of the state’s congressional redistricting before it selects a candidate to support.
Katko was one of 10 GOP House members to vote in favor of Trump’s impeachment.
The New York congressman is the last remaining member of the 10 who has yet to receive a Republican primary opponent, according to The Hill.