{"id":2215589,"date":"2024-04-08T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-for-gallagher-house-seat-after-maga-consultant-declines-wisconsin-run\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:01:06","slug":"trump-endorses-for-gallagher-house-seat-after-maga-consultant-declines-wisconsin-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-for-gallagher-house-seat-after-maga-consultant-declines-wisconsin-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump has endorsed a candidate for the Gallagher House seat in Wisconsin after a MAGA consultant turned down the opportunity to run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-endorses-for-gallagher-house-seat-after-maga-consultant-declines-wisconsin-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215589&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alex\u2062 Bruesewitz, a Trumpworld consultant, opted\u2064 not to run for\u200b Rep. Mike Gallagher&#8217;s seat in Wisconsin, despite earlier hints at \u200da potential campaign. Instead, he endorsed\u200c Tony Wied, \u2063an oil and gas\u200d businessman, following \u2063Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsement. Bruesewitz expressed his\u2063 dedication to supporting Trump&#8217;s return to the White House, putting the nation&#8217;s\u2062 interests first. Alex \u2062Bruesewitz, a consultant\u200c in Trumpworld, decided against\u200b running \u200dfor Rep.\u2063 Mike Gallagher&#8217;s position in Wisconsin. He chose to \u2063endorse \u2064Tony Wied, \u200ban oil and gas \u2062businessman, after receiving Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsement. Bruesewitz prioritized supporting Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-publicly-rebuffs-us-efforts-to-re-enter-iran-nuclear-deal-in-front-of-blinken\/\" title=\"Netanyahu Publicly Rebuffs US Efforts To Re-Enter Iran Nuclear Deal In Front Of Blinken\">potential return<\/a> \u200dto the presidency\u200b over pursuing his own\u2063 political\u200b ambitions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trumpworld consultant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2825553\/montana-gop-nixes-pro-trump-convention-speaker-rosendale-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alex Bruesewitz<\/a> announced he would not run for the seat of retiring Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Gallagher<\/a> (R-WI) in a statement timed to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> endorsement of another Republican in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Bruesewitz, a Palm Beach-area adviser in the former president\u2019s orbit, had teased a campaign in his home state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> for months. Little more than a week ago, he touted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/03\/28\/exclusive-poll-alex-bruesewitz-surges-20-point-lead-hypothetical-race-replace-mike-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> showing him with a 20-point lead in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-arizona-democrats-turn-against-kyrsten-sinema-would-back-primary-challenge\/\" title=\"Poll: Arizona Democrats Turn Against Kyrsten Sinema, Would Back Primary Challenge\">hypothetical primary matchup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But he opted to endorse oil and gas businessman Tony Wied instead on Sunday, ending months of speculation about his entry into the race. His announcement came minutes before Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112232608717264055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>issued his own endorsement<\/a> for Wied. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big part of putting America first is not putting yourself first,\u201d Bruesewitz <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexbruesewitz\/status\/1777118288603972003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cIf I truly believed I was the best candidate for this moment and truly believed the time was right, I would be running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut right now I believe that getting President Trump back in the White House is what I need to remained focused on, and that will be my mission until November,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Alex Bruesewitz shakes hands with former President Donald Trump at his Bedminster property. (Photo courtesy of Alex Bruesewitz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bruesewitz had made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2863396\/trump-ally-alex-bruesewitz-house-support-gallagher-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>series of trips<\/a> to Wisconsin to test the waters for a bid, meeting with local county chairmen and possible donors in the state. He met Wied on his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-columnist-biden-working-hard-to-downplay-spy-balloon-to-warm-relations-with-china\/\" title=\"WaPo Columnist: Biden Working Hard to Downplay Spy Balloon to Warm Relations With China\">visit back<\/a> in mid-February, he told the <em>Washington Examiner,<\/em> and ultimately helped recruit him to mount a run.<\/p>\n<p>Wied, who recently sold a chain of dinosaur-themed gas stations, is not a declared candidate for the seat but announced on X that he would launch his campaign alongside Bruesewitz on Monday night. His chief competitor is expected to be former state Sen. Roger Roth, who has establishment support from Wisconsin heavyweights such as former Gov. Scott Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Trump derided Roth as a RINO \u201cclone\u201d of former House Speaker Paul Ryan and \u201cno friend to MAGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should drop out of the Race NOW,\u201d Trump said of Roth on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher, who is stepping down from Congress at the end of next week, leaving the seat vacant until next year, himself ran afoul of Trumpworld for declining to vote for the impeachment of President Joe Biden\u2019s border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas. Gallagher\u2019s relationship with Trump soured over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>Had Bruesewitz entered the race, he would have had the backing of House Republicans aligned with the former president. Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL), among others, had offered him preemptive endorsements.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bruesewitz, who uses his large social media following to act as an attack dog for the former president, has family ties to the 8th Congressional District and grew up in nearby Ripon, Wisconsin, but moved to West Palm Beach to be close to Mar-a-Lago in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He did not rule out the possibility of running in the future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Bruesewitz, a consultant in Trumpworld, decided not to pursue Rep. Mike Gallagher&#8217;s vacant seat in Wisconsin. This announcement coincided with Donald Trump endorsing another Republican candidate in the race. Bruesewitz, a Palm Beach adviser close to the former president, had hinted at a potential campaign in his home state before stepping back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2215590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24093842986911-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24093842986911-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}