Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding President Trump’s position in the political landscape:
Still, when Trump tries to show his muscle by offering an endorsement, there is always the danger that the results will cut in the opposite direction.
“When he was president of the United States and he could lay the anointing finger on certain candidates, that’s one thing,” said Dan Judy, a GOP strategist associated with the more traditional wing of the party. “Now, it’s very fraught. Everybody is going to want the Trump endorsement but that is not necessarily going to win you a primary in these heavily contested races.”
Judy also noted two other points that he said were obvious but sometimes overlooked.
One is that Trump’s status is eroded simply because he’s not president anymore. The other is that there are a lot of major events going on in which he is not really a player.
“You’ve got the delta surge, Afghanistan, natural disasters — really big news stories that are impacting people’s lives on a daily basis,” Judy said. “And Donald Trump shouting at a rally really pales in comparison to a lot of that stuff.”
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