Hageman benefited from the former president’s backing, which followed Cheney’s condemnation of Donald Trump and her role in investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Following the result in which Hageman took at least 66.3 percent of the vote, to Cheney’s 28.9 percent, the former president’s second eldest son was asked on conservative channel Newsmax whether the Republican Party was now the “party of Trump.”
“There’s no question. I mean, it’s not even the Republican Party. I’d say it’s actually the Trump party,” he said on Wednesday.
He praised his father’s endorsement rate which he said was “incredible.” According to Ballotpedia, ex-President Trump has had a 92 percent success rate in 2022—or 183-17—in endorsing primary candidates. This was lower than the figure Eric Trump gave Newsmax of “176 to six.”
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