Show-Me Stigall Vs. Willett Implications?!?

Actually . . . From our faraway, jaded barrio view of Nowheresville, Missouri it's actually kinda surprising that MAGA still dominates the Republican discourse so deeply when it's obvious the Prez doesn't really care about this parcel of land. 

Still . . . 

In many ways this congressional fight determines the fate of the Missouri GOP if only because Republicans around the nation will struggle to reclaim an identity should President Trump enter his lame duck period following a Democratic Party takeover of Congress in the midterms . . . Which is not an impossibility.  

Translation: What will define American conservatives AFTER the Prez is termed out?!?

Sadly, neither Stigall nor Willett seem to have a vision for life after MAGA. Instead, the most contentious part of their campaign is a loyalty test to the Prez whose power might fade after November. 

Nevertheless . . . A decision between the two confronts Missouri voters next week and we wanted to share the best write-up we've seen so far from a community newspaper in the Northland . . . Check-it: 

But issues of agriculture, rural healthcare and public schools have at times taken a backseat as Willett and Stigall spar over Graves’ endorsement and who is the staunchest supporter of President Donald Trump.

Graves announced his retirement March 27, less than a week before the March 31 filing deadline, and endorsed Stigall as his successor in a social media post on the day filing closed.

Willett responded with a social media post accusing Graves and his “anti-Trump” political consultant, Jeff Roe, of trying to “hand-pick the next person to come after him for the next 26 years.”

Roe, whose consulting firm is running Stigall’s campaign, drew Trump’s ire after he worked on the presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The spat came up in a candidate forum hosted by the First Federated Republican Women’s Club of Clay County in June in which participants were instructed to avoid “personal attacks” and “negative campaign questions.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Platte County Landmark: Farm backing, Trump loyalty shape Stigall vs. Willett race

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