Republican rivals Eric Greitens and Eric Schmitt each quickly claimed that Trump had endorsed them after the ex-president endorsed simply „Eric.“
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed „Eric“ in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, a race where the two top candidates share the same first name.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens have traded frontrunner status over the past several months, although most recent polls have shown Schmitt pulling ahead just before Tuesday’s GOP primary. Each candidate took to social media to claim that Trump’s ambiguous endorsement referred to them shortly after the former president weighed in on the race.
Trump seemingly praised both candidates for qualifying as a „MAGA Champion“ taking on „Radical Left Lunatics“ before saying that he would „trust“ Missouri Republicans to „make up their own minds“ on the primary in a statement posted to his Truth Social account.
„There is a BIG Election in the Great State of Missouri, and we must send a MAGA Champion and True Warrior to the U.S. Senate, someone who will fight for Border Security, Election Integrity, our Military and Great Veterans, together with having a powerful toughness on Crime and the Border,“ Trump said.
