EXCLUSIVE — Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming has no plans to drop his Senate primary challenge against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) even after President Donald Trump preemptively endorsed another possible Republican contender.
Fleming, who has long courted Trump’s blessing, criticized Rep. Julia Letlow’s (R-LA) impending candidacy as an attempt to be “anointed” the nomination through Trump with a late entry into a crowded primary set for May.
“My support, and how I’m going to get elected, is from the voters of Louisiana,” Fleming said in an interview Monday with the Washington Examiner. “I’m not looking for someone to anoint me to this position.”
Trump offered an unexpected yet full-throated endorsement over the weekend of Letlow, who has yet to announce her candidacy, and encouraged the second-term congresswoman
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