{"id":2268988,"date":"2024-06-16T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-freedom-caucus-member-warren-davidson-endorses-primary-challenger-against-bob-good\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:03:22","slug":"house-freedom-caucus-member-warren-davidson-endorses-primary-challenger-against-bob-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-freedom-caucus-member-warren-davidson-endorses-primary-challenger-against-bob-good\/","title":{"rendered":"House Freedom Caucus member Warren Davidson backs Bob Good&#8217;s primary opponent"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-freedom-caucus-member-warren-davidson-endorses-primary-challenger-against-bob-good%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=2268988&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>Rep. Warren \u2062Davidson, \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">member<\/a> of the House \u2063Freedom Caucus, has \u200cendorsed State Sen. John McGuire, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red\/\" title=\"Mich., Ariz. GOP censures several lawmakers over support for impeachment, failure to keep states red\">primary challenger<\/a> to the current chairman of the Freedom Caucus, Rep. Bob Good. This move aligns Davidson with former \u200bPresident Donald Trump, who endorsed McGuire in May. Davidson, expressing his\u2062 devotion to the country \u200dand the need for \u200breinforcements to support Trump\u2019s agenda, looks forward to working \u2063with McGuire in Congress to advance the America First\u2062 initiatives. The endorsement comes ahead of Virginia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-minority-leader-mccarthy-speaks-highly-of-president-trump-after-previous-critical-comments\/\" title=\"House Minority Leader McCarthy speaks highly of President Trump after previous critical comments\">primary elections<\/a>. Rep. Good, who \u200cfell out\u2063 of Trump&#8217;s favor \u200dafter\u2063 initially endorsing\u200b Gov. Ron DeSantis, faced criticism despite\u2064 later \u2064supporting Trump. Davidson&#8217;s endorsement was\u200c highlighted as significant, especially \u2064given the \u2063internal dynamics of the Freedom Caucus \u2063and Trump&#8217;s influence over the party.  <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-freedom-caucus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"House Freedom Caucus\">House Freedom Caucus<\/a> member Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) is supporting a primary challenger to the group\u2019s chairman, Rep. Bob Good (R-VA).<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. John McGuire (R), a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Navy<\/a> SEAL, was endorsed by Davidson on Sunday, just two days before Virginia\u2019s primary elections, where the two will go head to head. Davidson\u2019s backing of Good\u2019s challenger comes after former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-republican-primary-virginia-good-mcguire-2024-040ae40a487fc1bdd7090c8d24ef0b51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"endorsed McGuire in May\">endorsed McGuire in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love this country with a soldier\u2019s passion. I\u2019ve served in Congress since 2016, and we need reinforcements to help Make America Great Again. I\u2019m happy to join President Trump by supporting and endorsing John McGuire for Congress,\u201d Davidson said in his endorsement, which was first shared with <em>Politico<\/em> and posted by McGuire on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to serving with him in the 119th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> to support President Trump and the America First agenda,\u201d he added. \u201cDrain the swamp!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8ENDORSEMENT ALERT\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Fellow veteran &#038; 75th Regiment Ranger Rep. Warren Davidson of the U.S. House Freedom Caucus endorses McGuire!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your support and continued service to our country, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarrenDavidson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WarrenDavidson<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Virginians, please go vote Trump\/ McGuire on Tuesday \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YxhOKlIcyl\">pic.twitter.com\/YxhOKlIcyl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 John McGuire (@JohnMcGuire4VA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMcGuire4VA\/status\/1802384479148802380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When previously asked by the outlet if Good\u2019s ouster would be embarrassing for the Freedom Caucus, Davidson answered, \u201cI\u2019m sure he would be embarrassed that he lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Davidson for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Good fell out of favor with Trump after endorsing his rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), in his failed 2024 presidential run. Though he later backtracked by endorsing Trump and even showed up at his Manhattan hush money trial, Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3044671\/trump-dings-bob-good-virginia-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"set out\">set out<\/a> to oust him.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Truth Social, shortly after seeing Good in a Capitol Hill meeting, Trump said the Virginia Republican was \u201cturn[ing] his back on our incredible movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Good] was constantly attacking and fighting me until recently, when he gave a warm and \u2018loving\u2019 Endorsement \u2014 But really, it was too late,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112611520070964739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe damage had been done! I just want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and the person that can most help me do that is Navy Seal and highly respected State Legislator, John McGuire, a true American Hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Trump campaign sent Good a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3024626\/bob-good-cease-desist-letter-false-trump-campaign-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"cease-and-desist letter\">cease-and-desist letter<\/a> to stop producing campaign materials that appeared to imply Trump was supporting him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of unscrupulous people and groups who seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">make money<\/a> off President Trump\u2019s name and Campaign,\u201d the letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3024626\/bob-good-cease-desist-letter-false-trump-campaign-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"read\">read<\/a>. \u201cPresident Trump is very concerned with ensuring that his supporters are not deceived into thinking they are contributing to a candidate \u2014 like you \u2014 that President Trump does not support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the House Freedom Caucus have gone against Davidson and Trump by campaigning for Good. Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), and Andy Biggs (R-AZ) appeared alongside him at a Friday campaign rally.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), a House Freedom Caucus member, endorsed State Sen. John McGuire (R), a former Navy SEAL, against the caucus chairman, Rep. Bob Good (R-VA). Davidson announced his support just two days before Virginia&#8217;s primary elections, where McGuire will challenge Good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2268989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24137614467135-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24137614467135-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268988","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}