{"id":2270274,"date":"2024-06-18T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-these-three-gop-heavyweights-are-trying-to-boot-bob-good\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:28:17","slug":"why-these-three-gop-heavyweights-are-trying-to-boot-bob-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-these-three-gop-heavyweights-are-trying-to-boot-bob-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Why these three GOP leaders aim to oust Bob Good"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwhy-these-three-gop-heavyweights-are-trying-to-boot-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=2270274&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>U.S.\u200d Representative Bob Good (R-VA) finds himself entangled in a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-things-to-watch-in-texas-runoff-primary-elections\/\" title=\"Key Points to Monitor in Texas Runoff Primaries\">closely watched primary election<\/a>. \u2062The Chairman of\u200d the\u2063 House Freedom Caucus, Good has received support \u200bfrom several fellow GOP members. However,\u200d key Republican figures such as \u200cDonald\u2062 Trump,\u200b Kevin McCarthy, \u2063and\u200c Marjorie Taylor\u200c Greene back his rival, state\u2062 Sen. John \u200dMcGuire.\u200d The \u200copposition from \u200cthese influential Republicans stems from various\u2063 grievances.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump initially endorsed Good in\u200d previous elections but shifted his support to McGuire for the 2024 election. The shift followed Good&#8217;s brief endorsement of Ron DeSantis, a direct challenger to \u200dTrump\u200c in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">presidential primary<\/a>, which Trump viewed as a betrayal. Trump criticized Good as detrimental to both Virginia and \u200cthe nation, emphasizing loyalty issues.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin McCarthy\u2019s support for McGuire is part of a broader retaliation against those who played a\u200d role in his \u200cremoval as House Speaker. Good \u2064was instrumental in McCarthy&#8217;s historic\u200b ousting, \u2063voting against \u2064him\u2063 alongside Democrats and some Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>the primary battle reflects deeper \u200crifts within the GOP, centered on loyalty, \u200cpolitical retaliation, \u2063and ideological alignments.  <\/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>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3046841\/house-freedom-caucus-member-davidson-endorses-primary-challenger-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bob Good\">Bob Good<\/a> (R-VA) is at the center of one of the most hotly contested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3047157\/tuesday-elections-virginia-oklahoma-georgia-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"primaries\">primaries<\/a> on Tuesday as several key GOP figures want him out of Congress for different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus chairman has received the backing of several of his Republican colleagues, but his opponent, Republican state Sen. John McGuire, has received the support of some GOP power players, including former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a>, and firebrand Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA). Here are why those three Republicans are trying to ensure Good has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-weeknd-reveals-why-his-performers-wore-bandages-at-the-super-bowl\/\" title=\"The Weeknd Reveals Why His Performers Wore Bandages At The Super Bowl\">bad night<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p>Trump endorsed Good in 2020 and 2022, but for the 2024 GOP presidential primary, the Virginia congressman chose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/356900\/house-republican-bob-good-endorses-desantis-for-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"support\">support<\/a> Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, over the former president. When DeSantis dropped out of the race in January, Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2809299\/trump-nabs-endorsement-freedom-caucus-chairman-desantis-drops-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"flipped\">flipped<\/a> his endorsement to Trump, but months later, Trump endorsed against Good.<\/p>\n<p>The former president took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3044671\/trump-dings-bob-good-virginia-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"jab\">jab<\/a> at Good during a meeting on Capitol Hill last week and has lambasted the Virginia congressman as bad for his state and the country \u2014 largely due to the loyalty factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob Good is BAD FOR VIRGINIA, AND BAD FOR THE USA. He turned his back on our incredible movement, and was constantly attacking and fighting me until recently, when he gave a warm and \u2018loving\u2019 Endorsement \u2014 But really, it was too late. The damage had been done!\u201d Trump said in his Truth Social post endorsing McGuire.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Kevin McCarthy<\/h2>\n<p>McCarthy allies have made Good\u2019s race a part of the former House speaker\u2019s revenge tour after he was ousted from the speakership in October 2023. Good was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2440765\/the-eight-house-republicans-who-voted-to-oust-kevin-mccarthy-in-historic-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"eight\">eight<\/a> Republicans who joined all Democrats to remove McCarthy, making him the first and only speaker to be successfully ousted via a motion to vacate.<\/p>\n<p>Good opposed McCarthy\u2019s speakership bid in January 2023 and remained one of his chief critics until he was one of the key votes to remove him nine months later. McCarthy has attempted to oust other House Republicans who voted to remove him, but his endorsement of Rep. Nancy Mace\u2019s (R-SC) opponent in last week\u2019s primary for South Carolina\u2019s 1st Congressional District failed to move the needle.<\/p>\n<p>Current House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) did not make an endorsement in Good\u2019s primary despite endorsing incumbents who have faced challenges throughout the country. Johnson had pleaded with his conference not to endorse against incumbents, something Good ignored by endorsing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2953479\/bob-good-johnson-calls-unity-endorsement-gonzales-challenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"against\">against<\/a> Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX).<\/p>\n<h2>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/h2>\n<p>Greene, a fierce ally of McCarthy and Trump, endorsed against Good in January. She cited Good\u2019s disloyalty to Trump, calling him a \u201cMAGA traitor.\u201d Good also leads the House Freedom Caucus, which Greene was booted from last year, although Greene\u2019s ouster from the caucus came prior to Good taking over as head.<\/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>When campaigning alongside McGuire, Greene has mainly taken aim at Good\u2019s late endorsement of Trump in the GOP presidential primary and claims about his integrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is important to me because I\u2019ve served with Bob Good for several years now, and I have found him to be untrustworthy, and I have found him to be a liar,\u201d Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/liar-marjorie-taylor-greene-slams-bob-good-on-campaign-stop-with-john-mcguire-republican-congress-virginia-state-fifth-district-june-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> WSET while campaigning for McGuire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) faces a fierce primary challenge on Tuesday. As House Freedom Caucus chairman, he&#8217;s supported by some GOP colleagues, yet key figures seek his ouster. His main rival, Republican state Sen. John McGuire, also contends for the seat, intensifying the race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2270276,"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\/AP24162673811034-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24162673811034-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270274","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}