Trump endorses primary rival challenging Republican impeachment supporter - POLITICO

The former president backed Max Miller, a former White House and campaign aide running against Rep.

Donald Trump talks with Max Miller, left, before giving a speech on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Aug.

Former President Donald Trump is weighing in for the first time on behalf of a primary challenger opposing one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him in January.

Trump on Friday afternoon threw his support to Max Miller, a former White House aide who launched a campaign against Rep.

Miller, a 32-year-old Marine reservist, is a Trump loyalist who worked on the former president’s 2016 campaign before serving in the White House, first in the office of personnel and later as director of advance.

Trump has told advisers that he’s intent on unseating the Republicans who backed his impeachment and others in the party he views as disloyal, including Georgia Gov.

Trump has already endorsed several candidates in next year’s elections, including former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is running for governor of Arkansas, and Kansas Sen.

Cliff Sims, another former Trump aide, is seriously considering entering the Alabama race, and former campaign adviser Katrina Pierson is a potential candidate for a special House election in Texas