PA-18 Message to GOP: It's Time to Dump Trump
PA-18 Message to GOP: Its Time to Dump Trump
Whatever the final result, the Pennsylvania message is clear. Republican candidates need to separate themselves from Trump and fast.
Matt Lewis 03.14.18 8:23 AM ET
In the olden days, coal miners would carry caged canaries down into the mines to test for carbon monoxide. The idea was to detect a problem before it harmed humans.
This might serve as a useful metaphor for Republicans who still dont know yet whether they won or lost a special election in coal country, but in which their candidate trailed by a few hundred votes Wednesday morning. The canary in the coal mine is on life-support. Its time to get out while you can.
Democrat Conor Lambs strong showing against Republican Rick Saccone in Pennsylvanias 18th district is all the evidence you need to see the danger of being in the same party as Donald Trump on the mid-term ballot in November.
As conservative commentator Quin Hillyer noted, Trump endorsed Luther Strange. Strange lost. Trump endorsed Roy Moore. Moore lost. Trump endorsed Saccone, who appears to have lost. in 2016, Trump endorsed Renee Ellmers. Ellmers lost....
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