Former President Donald Trump unleashed a tirade on social media Thursday, denying reports that he is fuming about the election results and rejecting claims he blames his closest confidants for high-profile losses after the midterm outcome shook his grip on the GOP and compromised his chances of waging a 2024 comeback.
Trump on Thursday contested reports that he blamed his wife Melania Trump and Fox News host Sean Hannity for urging him to back Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, who lost on Tuesday when Lt. Gov. John Fetterman flipped the seat from red to blue.
Trump on Thursday, in one of five Truth Social posts, claimed Oz “was losing” before he endorsed him, but in reality, neither Oz nor Fetterman had won their primaries when Trump announced his support for Oz in April after Trump’s initial pick in the race, Sean Parnell, dropped out amid claims he abused his former wife.
Trump suggested Oz lost votes by making the “mistake” of refusing to deny the results of the 2020 presidential election, and while Oz did shy away from election denialism at the tail end of his campaign, he previously said the country “cannot move on” from Trump’s loss and employed at least two January 6 marchers on his campaign staff, Rolling Stone reported.
The former president essentially cut ties with Fox News–which hosted one-time Trump allies and conservative pundits in the wake of Election Day who criticized the former president for the GOP’s lackluster showing–writing: “Fox News...
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