Anonymous ID: 20e62d Aug. 22, 2018, 5:01 p.m. No.2706563   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6592

Wyoming Rebuffs Trump, Picks Native Son in GOP Governor Race

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump tried his best to appeal to coal country but amid a truckload of bad political news, the top coal-producing state didn't love him back.

 

Instead, Wyoming voters chose State Treasurer Mark Gordon, a rancher who grew up at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains, over political mega-donor Foster Friess in the state's Republican primary for governor.

 

Calling Friess "Strong on Crime, Borders & 2nd Amendment," Trump had endorsed Friess on Twitter as voting got underway Tuesday.

 

Trump hours later walked back Obama-era environmental regulations viewed as economic warfare in coal country and told a West Virginia rally that miners were headed back to work. About 40 percent of the nation's coal comes from Wyoming — Trump no doubt got heard out West.

 

Wyoming voters had their own ideas.

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-08-22/wyoming-rebuffs-trump-picks-native-son-in-gop-governor-race