House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good is running for reelection, and both Trump and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are backing his primary opponent.
Republican voters in Virginia's 5th Congressional District are going to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to hand another term to House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good or replace him with Virginia state Sen. John McGuire, a former Navy SEAL, in a race that has highlighted a divide within the Trump faction of the GOP.
'At a telerally for McGuire on Monday night, Trump said, 'If he's reelected, Bob Good will stab Virginia in the back, sort of like he did with me.'McGuire has also been knocking Good in ads for his disloyalty to Trump. In a recent ad, McGuire is holding a rifle while a narrator says, 'Trump doesn't need another backstabber in Congress. He needs John McGuire — a straight shooter who always has his six.
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