Trump Endorses Rep. Ted Budd as Lara Trump Announces She Will Not Run for Senate

Former President Donald Trump, right, announces his endorsement of N.C. Rep. Ted Budd, left, for the 2022 North Carolina U.S. Senate seat as he speaks at the North Carolina Republican Convention in Greenville, N.C., on June 5, 2021. AP Photo/Chris Seward
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Former President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed Republicans to support candidates who are loyal to him in next year’s midterm elections as the former president launched a new more active phase of his post presidency at the Greenville convention center in North Carolina.

Trump announced his endorsement of loyalist Rep. Ted Budd in the crowded Republican primary.