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Jilly_in_VA

(10,893 posts)
Sun Oct 24, 2021, 02:02 PM Oct 2021

Trump pick's messy personal life worries Senate Republicans

Sean Parnell may have the backing of former President Donald Trump, but the Pennsylvania Republican also has significant personal baggage that is raising concerns about the GOP's ability to hold one of the most competitive Senate seats in the country next year.

A rival Republican candidate has revealed details about Parnell's ongoing and messy divorce and custody cases, part of an increasingly ugly GOP primary in the Keystone State that is giving Republicans in both Washington and Pennsylvania pause. While it is unclear what Parnell's estranged wife had alleged about him, documents showed she was granted two protective orders against him, though they were later expunged. But the news coverage in local papers of the revelations are prompting party leaders to privately question Trump's choice to succeed retiring Sen. Pat Toomey in one of Democrats' top-targeted seats.
As the 2022 midterm primaries approach, Trump is using the sway of his endorsement to reshape the party in his image, backing challengers to Republican incumbents who cross him or rewarding the most loyal candidates with his blessing. But questions around some of his chosen candidates -- both their alleged pasts and their ability to clear the field in primaries -- suggest there may be limits to the Trump effect.

Sean Parnell may have the backing of former President Donald Trump, but the Pennsylvania Republican also has significant personal baggage that is raising concerns about the GOP's ability to hold one of the most competitive Senate seats in the country next year.

A rival Republican candidate has revealed details about Parnell's ongoing and messy divorce and custody cases, part of an increasingly ugly GOP primary in the Keystone State that is giving Republicans in both Washington and Pennsylvania pause. While it is unclear what Parnell's estranged wife had alleged about him, documents showed she was granted two protective orders against him, though they were later expunged. But the news coverage in local papers of the revelations are prompting party leaders to privately question Trump's choice to succeed retiring Sen. Pat Toomey in one of Democrats' top-targeted seats.
As the 2022 midterm primaries approach, Trump is using the sway of his endorsement to reshape the party in his image, backing challengers to Republican incumbents who cross him or rewarding the most loyal candidates with his blessing. But questions around some of his chosen candidates -- both their alleged pasts and their ability to clear the field in primaries -- suggest there may be limits to the Trump effect.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/politics/sean-parnell-pennsylvania-senate-race/index.html
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Trump pick's messy personal life worries Senate Republicans (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP
Now it bothers them. What about this guy's knowing 45? What about 45's charactor flaws??? marble falls Oct 2021 #1
You could say the same thing about Matt Gaetz, or Jim Jordan FakeNoose Oct 2021 #2
Ironic that a famous Parnell in Irish history met his political demise OnDoutside Oct 2021 #3
Wife-beating is a badge of honor and a privilege to them bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #4

marble falls

(62,101 posts)
1. Now it bothers them. What about this guy's knowing 45? What about 45's charactor flaws???
Sun Oct 24, 2021, 02:05 PM
Oct 2021

How did they miss the warning signs? They didn't. They ignored them and laughed about them.

FakeNoose

(35,711 posts)
2. You could say the same thing about Matt Gaetz, or Jim Jordan
Sun Oct 24, 2021, 02:09 PM
Oct 2021

... and I'm there are others too. Not that I care about their personal life, it's just that Chump's standards are so low so low as to be practically non-existent.

Anyone who is shameless enough to kiss Chump's butt, well ... that's all that matters to him.

OnDoutside

(20,658 posts)
3. Ironic that a famous Parnell in Irish history met his political demise
Sun Oct 24, 2021, 02:21 PM
Oct 2021

Because of an affair with a married woman. Charles Stewart Parnell was done for by his affair with Kitty O'Shea.

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