Trump Is Now The Republican Party...

After President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Ted Budd for Senate, the North Carolina Republican Party sat on the results of a straw poll that former Rep. Mark Walker won by a country mile.

Walker topped Budd 44% to 29.4% in a survey to gauge who grassroots Republicans support for Senate in the 2022 primary. Former Gov. Pat McCrory finished third, with 17.5%, in voting conducted at the annual state GOP convention. The North Carolina Republican Party insists the results were not withheld to avoid embarrassing Trump. He endorsed Budd during a keynote address to an unsuspecting convention after the straw poll concluded...