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riversedge

(79,949 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:58 PM 6 hrs ago

Q: In Texas, a Dem won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. Your reaction? TRUMP: I don't know. I d

Loyalty only goes one way for trumpy!!

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Mike Hixenbaugh
‪@mikehixenbaugh.com‬
Leigh Wambsganns devoted her professional life to Trump and his movement.

On Friday, he seemed to reward her loyalty by endorsing her campaign for Texas senate.

But after she lost a safe GOP seat by double digits, Trump says he’s never heard of her: “What can I say? I have nothing to do with it.”
‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 1h
Q: In Texas, a Democrat won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. Your reaction?

TRUMP: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran -- where?

Q: In Texas

TRUMP: I'm not involved. You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things like that happen. I'm not on the ballot

Leigh Wambsganns devoted her professional life to Trump and his movement.

On Friday, he seemed to reward her loyalty by endorsing her campaign for Texas senate.

But after she lost a safe GOP seat by double digits, Trump says he’s never heard of her: “What can I say? I have nothing to do with it.”

Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com) 2026-02-01T18:40:35.747Z







Wambsganss has been a central player in the fight to impose conservative Christian values in public schools in Southlake, Texas, and beyond.

I covered her rise extensively in “They Came for the Schools.”

This election outcome is a pretty dramatic reversal.

Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com) 2026-02-01T18:45:31.901Z


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Q: In Texas, a Dem won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. Your reaction? TRUMP: I don't know. I d (Original Post) riversedge 6 hrs ago OP
But he sure would have taken all the credit if she'd won. tanyev 6 hrs ago #1
21 hours ago trump endorsed Leigh Wambsganss LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #2
Mahalo for all those Posts, LMPV... Cha 4 hrs ago #4
WHAT A SURPRISE! MORE LIES FROM Cha 4 hrs ago #3

tanyev

(48,825 posts)
1. But he sure would have taken all the credit if she'd won.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 02:09 PM
6 hrs ago

ANYTHING that challenges the narrative he wants gets “I don’t know anything about that”, “It wasn’t me”, “I’m not on the ballot”, etc., etc., ad nauseam.




Cha

(317,566 posts)
3. WHAT A SURPRISE! MORE LIES FROM
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 04:15 PM
4 hrs ago

FUCKING TRAITOR. HOW DOES IT FEEL "CHRISTIAN VALUES" (MY DEMOCRATIC ASS) TO BE DUMPED BY THE RAPIST PEDO IN THE WH?

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