Trump-backed Multi Millionaire Foster Friess falls in Wyoming governor's primary

So much news that I totally missed this. I did not know trump had endorsed him either. Anyway Trump lost this one. te he.



Trump-backed Foster Friess falls in Wyoming governor's primary

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/22/politics/trump-backed-foster-friess/


By Dan Merica, CNN

Updated 8:21 AM ET, Wed August 22, 2018

(CNN)Republican megadonor Foster Friess will lose Wyoming's GOP gubernatorial nomination race, CNN projects, handing a rare primary defeat to a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump.

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Friess' loss caps a harrowing day for the Trump presidency: Michael Cohen, the Trump's longtime former personal attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts and implicated Trump in his allocution. Shortly before Cohen's court confession in New York, Paul Manafort, the man who led Trump's presidential campaign for five months, was found guilty of eight financial crimes in Alexandria, Virginia.........................................

"I don't want to brag about it," Trump said, "but man do I have a good record of endorsements."

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Before he ran for governor, Friess -- who the Wall Street Journal estimates is worth $530 million -- was a reliable Republican donor and bundler. He was the primary backer of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's 2012 presidential run and was also a major financial supporter to Trump when he was a candidate..................................


...............Trump waited until the final day of the campaign to endorse Friess.
"To the incredible people of the Great State of Wyoming: Go VOTE TODAY for Foster Friess," he tweeted. "He will be a fantastic Governor! Strong on Crime, Borders & 2nd Amendment. Loves our Military & our Vets. He has my complete and total Endorsement!"
But Friess, who is close to the Trump family, was also backed by Donald Trump Jr., the President's oldest son and a friend to the Wyoming magnate.............

Link to tweet