ST. LOUIS — She has the strong support of Missouri’s soon-to-be senior U.S. senator, but Rep. Vicky Hartzler won’t be getting the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in this year’s Senate race.
Trump on Friday said Hartzler called him for his endorsement, but he declined, saying she doesn’t have “what it takes to take on the Radical Left Democrats, together with their partner in the destruction of our Country, the Fake News Media and, of course, the deceptive & foolish RINOs.”
RINOs is shorthand for “Republicans in Name Only” — or, in recent years, Republicans who aren’t aligned with Trump.
