Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), who pre-annouced Donald Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for House speaker, ruined the former president’s attempt to gain publicity by traveling to Capitol Hill next week, The Messenger reports.
Said one Trump aide: “Nehls just totally fucked this up.”
“Trump’s allies are discussing the utility of going at all because, for Trump, the plan revolved around secrecy. He wanted to stoke the coals of speculation about what he would do, thereby heightening the drama and attention, advisers said. His appearance and speech would have made a splash on Capitol Hill and sucked up all the media attention in the presidential primary, where he’s already leading by a forbidding margin.”
