NEW—> Former congressmen Joe Walsh and Mark Sanford preparing to launch primary challenges to Trump, while Jeff Flake fields a flurry of recruiting calls and John Kasich heads back to New Hampshire.
Joe Walsh tells us that if he runs he’d wage a “bar fight” with Trump, hitting the incumbent daily on morality and competence. “He’s a bully and he’s a coward. Somebody’s got to punch him in the face every single day.” wapo.st/2Pg7jGW
Sanford acknowledges reality: “Anybody who says, ‘I think I can beat Donald Trump,’ I think is stretching it. It’s a daunting task and it is indeed preposterous at many different levels.” washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
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