But with the president more focused on his own reelection, Trump Jr. will be a powerful surrogate for GOP lawmakers — and one who is willing to use even sharper elbows than his famously combative father
For Republican candidates who can’t get President Donald Trump, there’s always the next best thing: Junior.
Trump Jr. has retweeted — but later deleted — an alt-right African-American commentator who questioned Kamala Harris’ racial heritage and promoted a tweet from Dinesh D’Souza asking whether former special counsel Robert Mueller was replaced during his Capitol Hill appearance by a “mentally retarded look-alike.”Sign Up
"He loves responding, you might want to even say trolling on a more active basis," he said. "Because he’s more current, he can use modern day tactics, understands how to make a sharp argument, understands how to sort of cheekily criticize someone, sort of demonstrate a clever but cutting approach. In a way it’s almost like he’s a next generation model."
“He brings a lot of energy, he’s out there fighting for his father and his agenda. I think he’d be very helpful to a lot of us,” said Graham, who was one of Trump Jr.’s strongest defenders earlier this year when the Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed him for a second time as part of its investigation into Russian interference. “He’s coming down to South Carolina and will do a fundraiser for me — it’s all good.
But Democrats don’t exactly see Trump Jr.’s campaigning as a boon. He campaigned against Sens. Joe Manchin and Jon Tester , but both won reelection. And the owners of a tavern in Bozeman, Mont. where Trump Jr. was set to hold a campaign appearance in 2018 also pulled out of the event, saying “that’s just not who we are” and said they wanted to stay “politically neutral,” after Trump Jr.’s plans were made public. Trump Jr.
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