Trump Makes Endorsement In California Governor Race
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Donald Trump has endorsed Steve Hilton in the race for California Governor.
Trump wrote, “He is a truly fine man, one who has watched as this once great State has gone to Hell.”
Trump also blasted Newsom, saying he has done “an absolutely horrendous job.”
I have known and respected Steve Hilton, who is running for Governor of California, for many years. He is a truly fine man, one who has watched as this once great State has gone to Hell. Gavin Newscum and the Democrats have done an absolutely horrendous job. People are fleeing, crime is increasing, and Taxes are the highest of any State in the Country, maybe the World. Steve can turn it around, before it is too late, and, as President, I will help him to do so! With Federal help, and a Great Governor, like Steve Hilton, California can be better than ever before! Steve Hilton has my COMPLETE & TOTAL ENDORSEMENT. He will be a GREAT Governor and, importantly, WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Both Republican candidates in the race welcomed an endorsement from Trump.
While Hilton and Bianco had both openly invited the president’s endorsement, Hilton, who has talked with Trump over the years, told POLITICO on Thursday that he had not spoken with Trump about the race.
“I’d be honored to have the president’s endorsement, but I think that the California governor’s race is close to the last thing on his mind right now,” said Hilton, a former policy adviser to British Prime Minister David Cameron. “He’s got a lot on his plate, and so I’ve never discussed that with him.”
The endorsement comes before California GOP delegates vote at their convention in San Diego this upcoming weekend on whether to endorse in the race. A party nod had looked unlikely given the large margin needed for an endorsement and the several low-polling candidates poised to peel off votes from party activists. But Trump’s involvement could change that calculation.
