Sen. Marsha Blackburn Joins Handful of Tennessee Republicans Endorsing Trump

Sen. Marsha Blackburn( R-Tennessee) declared on Monday that she is supporting Donald Trump for president, adding to the growing number of Republican lawmakers who are formally endorsing the former commander-in-chief.

” Our economy was booming, gas prices were low, and inflation was under control under President Trump.” Our army was powerful, our adversaries feared us, and our order was stable, Blackburn wrote on Twitter. ” I can’t wait for Donald Trump to return to the White House and am happy to support him for president.”

According to early voting data, Trump is an original favourite in the Democratic presidential race, surpassing Florida governor. Ron DeSantis, who hasn’t said whether he’s’s running, After being charged with falsifying market information and arraigned earlier this month at a Manhattan court, Trump’s’s surveys numbers appear to have increased even further.

Sen. Bill Hagerty( R-Tennessee ) said on Sunday that he is” whole-heartedly endorsing Donald J. Trump to be the next President of the United States ,” and Blackburn’s’s endorsement comes after that. I had the privilege of hitherto working in his Administration. Hagerty had been the U.S. embassy to Japan during the Trump presidency.

According to Hagerty,” Under President Trump, our margin was safe, the country was energy active, and we saw a Blue-Collar Boom that lifted up British people of all origins.” ” We engaged with strength under President Trump’s’s leadership, and we urged our allies to support us tenaciously.”

He concluded,” The need for a strong America has never been clearer, and I’m’m looking forward to working with President Trump once more to guide our great country back to the exceptional role we can and must play.”

Some Republican lawmakers have supported Trump in a small number. Sens is one of them. Cindy Hyde-Smith( R-Miss. ) and Ted Budd( N. C. ). ( R-S. C. Lindsey Graham, Tommy Tuberville, Markwayne Mullin, Okla., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo. as well as J. D. Vance( R, Ohio ).

According to Ballotopedia, Trump has so far received support from Rep. Byron Donalds( R-Fla.) and eight Republican House members from Texas. According to the page, the former president has received at least 55″ noteworthy” testimonials.

Two Tennessee House members— Reps. — over the weekend. Both Diana Harshbarger and John Rose( R ) claimed to support Trump.

Trump has focused on it in his 2024 system ever since he was indicted. The former president generally claimed to be socially persecuted on his Truth Social website, and he most recently declared that left-wing district attorneys would be his target.