Politico: Wave Of House Cultists To Seek Higher Office

Politico reports:

Some of the Senate GOP’s old bulls are hanging up their voting cards. And there’s a cadre of Trump-loving House members itching to take their place.

At least half a dozen of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in the House are exploring bids for higher office, eager to carry the Trump mantle into the Senate — as well as into governors’ mansions. A wave of retirements by veteran Senate Republicans has created fresh opportunities for the House’s hard-liners in deep red states such as Alabama, Ohio and Missouri.

But even in states won by President Joe Biden, such as Arizona and Georgia, some of the former president’s most loyal devotees are willing to test their political fortunes, hoping to seize on a deep but baseless belief on the right that the election was stolen.

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NEW: Some of the Senate GOP’s old bulls are hanging up their voting cards — and there’s a cadre of Trump-loving House members itching to take their place.

More on whether we could see a new era in the Senate, where GOP trades dealmakers for bomb throwers: https://t.co/XkHbmxAnAq

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