Trump officials irked that Border Patrol union endorsed 3 Senate Democrats

By DANIEL LIPPMAN 10/26/2018 07:39 PM EDT

Trump White House and administration officials are furious that the union representing a key Trump constituency — Border Patrol agents — endorsed three Senate Democrats.

It's an “egregious” action on “the existential issue of this election,” one White House official told POLITICO.

The focus of administration ire is Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents 14,000 border agents and support personnel.

In allowing his union to endorse Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Judd behaved in a manner that was "self-serving," a Trump administration official said, "rather than putting the Border Patrol first."

Judd appeared in TV ads for McCaskill and Tester. In the McCaskill ad, Judd said: “Those ads against McCaskill on immigration just aren’t true. She was one of only four Democrats to vote to end sanctuary cities.” Judd also praised McCaskill's record on border security.

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