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Senator Jeff Flake may be fighting for his political life after becoming one of President Trump’s favorite targets, but his primary challenger isn’t helping herself by taking advantage of Flake’s unpopularity. Two of Kelli Ward’s former aides left last month and are now apologizing for legitimizing their former boss.
Arizona is going to be one of the most hotly contested primaries, one in which Steve Bannon’s horse actually has a chance of winning. This goal has been made more challenging by former chief strategist Dustin Stockton and former press secretary Jen Lawrence. The two former Breitbart writers are now going against two of their old bosses – Ward and Bannon – by declaring they regret helping Ward. They think she’s going to quickly betray her base and break campaign promises if she wins.
“After running her campaign, we’ve realized that our successful efforts to legitimize her campaign was a mistake,” Lawrence said in a statement Tuesday.
Ward, who ran unsuccessfully against Senator John McCain last year, has created controversy of her own. She was quick to call for McCain to step down so she could be appointed in his place when news broke that the Senator had aggressive brain cancer. Now, she’s gunning for the other Senate seat. Lawrence and Stockton claim they’re the reason she’s viable this time around.
“Her campaign was such a disaster that we saw an opportunity to prove how much we can help struggling campaigns and we did just that,” Stockton said. “Unfortunately, she showed that she isn’t up to the task of standing up to the pressure that causes so many candidates to betray voters when they get to Washington.”
Flake jumped on the press release Tuesday, but it quickly backfired.
Hmmm. Is this an endorsement? “Jeff Flake hasn’t been all that terrible except for his opposition to Trump” https://t.co/SZilcHw6oi
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) October 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/DustinStockton/status/921046631113510914
Perspectives
Kelli Ward, fake conservatives, and the need for a new party | The Strident Conservative ™
Leading up to the 2016 election, passengers on the Trump train assured conservatives that his recklessness and lack of any core conservative values could be reined in if we surround him with a band of conservatives. Unfortunately, as we have witnessed since the inauguration, the White House was seized by the Javanka (Jarred and Ivanka) Liberation Army where the few conservatives within the administration were taken hostage and forced to either embrace Donald Trump or be terminated. And it looks like Kelli Ward is ready to become an ally of the JLA to do her part.
As I’ve written before, conservatives are screwed in Arizona. Jeff Flake needs to go, but that doesn’t mean that Kelli Ward is the person to replace him. What it does mean is that America needs a new party . . . NOW!
Dang! TWO top Kelli Ward staffers QUIT and stab her in the BACK!! – The Right Scoop
This is one of the most backstabby things I’ve ever seen in politics, and before Trump I would say this could be the end of a candidacy. After Trump, who knows, it’ll probably help her out.
Kelli Ward Campaign Aides Sorry For Support | The Daily Caller
Stockton said he and Lawrence worked to position Ward effectively as a grassroots conservative for the primary. They became disillusioned, they said, after concluding that Ward’s ambition to become a U.S. senator is far more important to her than any actual policy issues.
“What we found is that she is willing to adopt whatever methods she thinks will work at the time,” Stockton said. “She will set anything aside in order to pursue her own ambition.”
Final Thoughts
Arizona is a mess. Between McCain’s health issues, Flake’s Establishment-leanings, and Ward’s apparent flakiness, it’s not out of the question that the GOP could lose one or both seats in the 2018 election. Surely there’s somebody who can step up and bring small-government philosophies to the Grand Canyon State.
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