Continuing his revenge spree against Republicans who voted to impeach him for stoking the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, former President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Loren Culp, the former Washington gubernatorial candidate and challenger to U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse.
Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, was among the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump last year, along with fellow Washington Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground.
In a statement, Trump bashed Newhouse for joining “the Radical Left Democrats to vote for the Impeachment Hoax.” He called Culp “a man of the people” who would stand up for “Election Integrity” and gun rights.
“Loren will never turn his back on Central Washington, or our Country. Loren Culp has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Trump wrote.
The endorsement continued Trump’s pattern of exerting influence on Republican primary races across the country — and seeking to oust politicians who have refused to echo his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Like Trump, Culp, the ex-police chief of Republic in Ferry County, has sought to undermine trust in the results of the election by lobbing false claims of widespread voter fraud.
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He refused to concede the 2020 gubernatorial race after losing to Gov. Jay Inslee by 545,000 votes. Culp also filed a lawsuit over the results but quickly withdrew it after his attorney was threatened with sanctions for making meritless claims in a court of law.
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