Lets talk about Bob Good, the congressman who represents Virginia’s 5th district:
- He has a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA from Liberty University. Liberty University is in his congressional district.
- He is the chairman of the congressional Freedom Caucus.
- He ran for Congress in 2020 on a pro-Trump “Make America Great Again” platform.
- He opposes the Affordable Care Act
- He called the COVID-19 pandemic “phony” despite the fact that COVID killed more than 300 people in his district.
- He refused to wear a mask and told local high school students that they shouldn’t wear one either.
- He believes that Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election,
- He voted against awarding Congressional Gold Medals to U.S. Capitol Police after the January 6, 2021 insurrection
- He refused to attend Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union Address because he wouldn’t take a COVID-19 test.
- He is trying to impeach Biden.
- He describes himself as a “biblical conservative“
- He traveled to New York City to support Trump in his hush money trial.
Good has a pretty impressive MAGA record. But that won’t get him very far in today’s GOP. Why? Because he would not bend the knee to Trump. Yes, Good endorsed Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP primaries. Trump got his revenge this week by endorsing another candidate in the 5th District’s GOP primary.
Here is Kensey Crowley at USA Today:
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed State Sen. John McGuire in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, an apparent snub to incumbent and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good.
Good is one of at least 20 federal Republican lawmakers who have traveled to Manhattan to bash Trump’s hush money trial over the last six weeks. McGuire also made a quieter visit to the courthouse the same day.
But Good was previously in hot water with Trump for endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2023. Good came out in support of Trump the day that DeSantis dropped out of the presidential primary.
“Bob Good is BAD FOR VIRGINIA, AND BAD FOR THE USA. He turned his back on our incredible movement, and was constantly attacking and fighting me until recently, when he gave a warm and ‘loving’ Endorsement,” Trump said in a Tuesday morning Truth Social post. “John McGuire has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”
Read the rest here.
If you want to get ahead in the Republican Party–the party of Lincoln–today, you must be loyal to Donald Trump. This sounds more like a cult than a political party.