Where Have Trump's Endorsements Mattered and Why? ft. Leah Askarinam Politics Is Everything

In August, Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) became the seventh House Republican to fall to a Donald Trump-backed challenger since 2018. Rep. Cheney has taken a prominent role in calling for accountability for the January 6, 2021 insurrection and calling out false election narratives. In this episode, we talk with Leah Askarinam, senior editor at Grid News, about the extent to which and where have Mr. Trump’s endorsements mattered in the 2022 election and why. “Trump undoubtedly is the most powerful endorser in the Republican Party, but even that has its limits,” says Askarinam.  Askarinam also discusses the role of candidate quality, the impact of the Dobbs decision, the economy and other issues and why this might not be a typical midterm election year. 
Before joining Grid, Leah was co-author of the On Politics newsletter for the New York Times and editor in chief of National Journal's Hotline.
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Leah Askarinam on Twitter, https://twitter.com/leahaskarinam  Leah Askarinam, “Senate candidates might not be able to ride a red wave. Can they paddle their way to the majority?,” Grid News, https://www.grid.news/story/politics/2022/09/03/senate-candidates-might-not-be-able-to-ride-a-red-wave-can-they-paddle-their-ways-to-the-majority/  Elena More, Tracking Trump's endorsements: Here's how his picks have fared in primaries, NPR, https://www.npr.org/sections/2022-live-primary-election-race-results/2022/09/06/1120652541/donald-trump-republican-primary-endorsement-performance