Trump Humiliated as GOP Rep Quietly Scrubs Endorsement From Site

Finn Gomez / Getty Images A Republican candidate quietly updated his campaign website to scrub an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

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James Gallagher’s campaign site features an Endorsements page with a sprawling list of politicians, officials, and groups that have backed his candidacy for California’s 1st Congressional District.

But a Daily Beast review of the website found that it was updated as recently as last month to remove a reference to Trump.

Archived versions of ElectJamesGallagher.com show that Trump’s name and photo were front and center on the Endorsements page between February and June.

Sometime between early June and late July, however, the page was updated to strip any reference to the president.

Gallagher, 45, took his oath in June after he won a special election to serve the remainder of the term left behind by Doug LaMalfa, who died at age 65 in January after a sudden medical emergency.

Trump first endorsed Gallagher in February.

“James Gallagher has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Representative from California’s 1st congressional District,” the president wrote.

“HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” At the time, Gallagher said he was “deeply honored” to have the president’s support and endorsement.

Since then, Trump’s name and portrait had been featured prominently on Gallagher’s Endorsements webpage right under the name of Jill LaMalfa, the late representative’s widow.

Trump endorsed Gallagher once more in June, hailing him in a Truth Social post as a “very successful Family Farmer, Attorney, former County Supervisor.” “Now, as California State Assemblyman, James has strongly served his Community with a career ‘loaded up’ with accolades and wins,” he wrote.

“GET OUT AND VOTE FOR JAMES.” But at some point between June 2 and July 22, the page was updated to scrub traces of Trump, even as the president’s Truth Social posts endorsing Gallagher have remained active.

Gallagher’s campaign and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.