Eric Greitens Wants A Comeback In Missouri. It Could Scramble The GOP’s Senate Map ⋆ News: Art, Travel, Design, Technology
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump paid little to no political worth for the intercourse scandals, investigations and authorized jeopardy that at all times surrounded him — not less than till the finish, when his get together misplaced the White House and management of the U.S. Senate.
But does that apply to different Republican politicians?
We’re about to search out out with former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ announcement that he’s operating for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
Greitens resigned his governorship in 2018 amid sexual misconduct and campaign-finance allegations, NBC’s Ben Kamisar writes.
More from Kamisar: “A woman who Greitens subsequently admitted to having an extramarital affair with accused him of taking a nude photograph of her without her consent, and told state House investigators that he assaulted her. Prosecutors initially charged him with a felony invasion-of-privacy charge related to the episode, but that charge was dropped.”
On Fox News asserting his Senate bid, Greitens stated he was exonerated after dropped costs and after a state ethics committee concluded that his marketing campaign — however not Greitens himself — dedicated campaign-finance violations.
Greitens instructed Fox he resigned from workplace for his household, as a result of “it was what I needed to do for the people who I love the most.”
Still, Greitens’ Senate candidacy is dangerous enterprise for a Republican Party that’s looking for to win again the Senate with a difficult map and — thus far — 5 introduced Senate GOP retirements.
If he’s the nominee, Republicans can have determine whether or not to embrace somebody with this sort of report.
(U.S. Reps. Ann Wagner, Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long are different potential GOP candidates to run for Blunt’s seat.)
We keep in mind when Roy Moore misplaced a Senate seat in Alabama (a state Trump received by 25 factors in 2020), and when Kris Kobach misplaced the gubernatorial race in Kansas (a state Trump received by 15 factors).
Candidates matter.
Donald Trump, as the saying goes, could shoot somebody on fifth Avenue and get away with it.
But what about Eric Greitens?
Meet the GOP’s potential — and Trump-infused — Senate 2022 class
Greitens wasn’t the solely Republican who introduced a Senate bid on Monday.
So did Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala. – for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.
Brooks, after all, spoke at that Jan. 6 rally, saying, “Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.” (Brooks later stated the context of his remarks was on the 2022 and 2024 elections, not about the violence that will later happen at the Capitol.)
Brooks. Greitens. Josh Mandel or Jane Timken in Ohio. Meet the Republican Party’s potential — and Trump-infused — 2022 Senate class.
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Data Download: The numbers you want to know right this moment
51 %: The share of Republicans who now say they help homosexual and lesbian {couples} marrying legally in a new PRRI ballot, the first time the survey has discovered a majority of Republicans in help.
67 %: The share of Americans general who help same-sex marriage.
$3 trillion: The reported price ticket for President Biden’s massive infrastructure/local weather proposal.
More than 200,000: The variety of individuals who’ve used a particular enrollment interval to join Obamacare.
At least 30: The variety of nations that haven’t but vaccinated a single particular person.
29,998,618: The variety of confirmed instances of coronavirus in the United States, per the most up-to-date knowledge from NBC News and well being officers. (That’s 55,033 greater than yesterday morning.)
545,506: The variety of deaths in the United States from the virus thus far, per the most up-to-date knowledge from NBC News. (That’s 658 greater than yesterday morning.)
126,509,736: Number of vaccine doses administered in the U.S.
12.8 %: The share of Americans who’re absolutely vaccinated.
37: The variety of days left for Biden to succeed in his 100-day vaccination objective.
Senate confirms Biden’s choose for Labor secretary
By a 68-29 vote on Monday, the Senate confirmed Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be President Biden’s Labor secretary, per NBC’s Frank Thorp.
Biden Cabinet Watch
State: Tony Blinken (confirmed)
Defense: Ret. Gen. Lloyd Austin (confirmed)
Attorney General: Merrick Garland (confirmed)
Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas (confirmed)
Veterans Affairs: Denis McDonough (confirmed)
UN Ambassador: Linda Thomas-Greenfield (confirmed)
Director of National Intelligence: Avril Haines (confirmed)
EPA: Michael Regan (confirmed)
SBA: Isabel Guzman
And the variety of the week is … 3,143
Get prepared for a tremendous deep dive into some county-level numbers, over at The Chuck Toddcast.
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