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Republicans who have lost their primary races are blaming everyone but themselves, NOTUS found on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Angry and sulking\u2019 Trump is clearly lashing out: report<\/a><\/p>\n

Reporters Daniella Diaz and Reese Gorman spoke to some of the GOP House members who have fallen in primaries for other offices about what they think is going wrong. <\/p>\n

“In just the last few weeks, Rep. Dusty Johnson didn\u2019t make the runoff to be South Dakota\u2019s GOP nominee for governor, Rep. Randy Feenstra lost his bid to be Iowa\u2019s GOP nominee for governor and Reps. Ralph Norman and Nancy Mace both didn\u2019t make a runoff Tuesday night to win the GOP nomination to compete to be South Carolina\u2019s next governor,” the report said. <\/p>\n

Johnson complained about “the service,” though it’s unclear if he’s complaining about the cell phone service or something else. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is there\u2019s a reason House members are losing with a greater frequency than people expect,\u201d he said when speaking to NOTUS. \u201cAnd that\u2019s because the service in the House is not a particularly big asset right now.\u201d <\/p>\n

He only got 23.4 percent<\/u> in the governor’s race. <\/p>\n

He also blamed the GOP leadership for forcing them to take a number of tough votes that ended up in attack ads against them from GOP opponents. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was just a deluge of negative advertising around the whole RINO [Republican In Name Only] and career politician attack,\u201d Johnson complained. \u201cThat\u2019s a really potent argument to make with the base and so we didn\u2019t do enough to inoculate ourselves against those D.C. related issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of those issues are so difficult that there’s no easy way to get a soundbite that explains those votes. <\/p>\n

Read more Fact check exposes Trump\u2019s conspiracy \u2018hogwash\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThese are really, really complicated issues, and I just don\u2019t know that the normals are doing as good a job of messaging that nuance as maybe the extremist influencers,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

In the past, experience with government has been positive, but not this year. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) stepped out of his seat to run for state attorney general, only to lose in the GOP runoff. Rep. Wesley Hunt came in third. Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter (R) is another one who didn’t make it through the primary for the state’s Senate race. They all left safe Republican seats to seek higher office, only to lose to other Republicans. <\/p>\n

Norman and Mace both finished with low numbers in South Carolina’s gubernatorial primary. Mace went so far as to pretend she always meant to leave her congressional seat. <\/p>\n

On X <\/u>she posted, \u201cHeaded back to the private sector at the end of this term, as the Founders intended. When I ran in 2020 I said I\u2019d only serve 3 terms and my time is up. It\u2019s truly been an immense honor and I wouldn\u2019t trade it for anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Norman and Mace were among those who missed important funding votes to stay back and lose the primaries. <\/p>\n

One Republican strategist told NOTUS that the common thread is anti-establishment sentiment against GOP candidates. For lawmakers who have been in Congress for years, the demand for “new blood” can be convincing to voters. <\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of Congress are so easy to paint as these D.C. swamp career politicians, especially on the Republican side because our base already hates that,\u201d the senior Republican strategist told NOTUS. <\/p>\n

Read more Red state lawmaker torn apart in hometown paper for \u2018dumb\u2019 lies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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