Rep. Bob Good has apparently been advertising Trump’s 2022 endorsement of him in his list of endorsements and Trump isn’t happy about it.
Team Trump has sent Good a cease and desist letter telling him he’s not allowed to use Trump’s image or name to suggest support of his candidacy.
Here’s more from NBC News:
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Rep. Bob Good’s re-election campaign, a senior Trump campaign official confirmed to NBC News.
The letter came after the Virginia Republican used Trump’s name and image to promote his campaign, even though Trump endorsed his opponent, state Sen. John McGuire, in a post on Truth Social last Tuesday.
“Neither you nor your campaign are authorized to use President Trump’s name or the Campaign’s to falsely imply their support of your candidacy. Nor are you or your campaign authorized to claim that you represent or are otherwise associated with President Trump,” read the letter from attorney David Warrington.
“Producing and displaying materials that give the false impression that President Trump is supportive of your candidacy is a fraud on the voters of Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. It is an abuse of the voters’ trust to make such false statements,” Warrington added in the letter.
The letter also featured an image of campaign signs in Virginia with Trump’s name above Good’s.
Just days before the letter was sent, Trump announced on his social media platform that he was endorsing McGuire, who is running against Good in the Republican primary.
In his post, Trump made a thinly veiled reference to Good’s endorsement of Ron DeSantis in the Republican presidential primary as a reason for endorsing his opponent.
Beyond the yard signs, Good’s campaign website also featured an image of Trump as recently as early May, according to a snapshot on the Internet Archive.
The image was under a website header called, “Endorsements: Who’s Supporting Bob,” though it did clarify near the photo that the endorsement was from 2022.
Now, an endorsement by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is featured most prominently on the site.
This pettiness is what I hate about Trump. Because Bob Good dared to endorse DeSantis for president, Trump has now completely cut him off and is trying to destroy him. Now it’s come down to cease and desist letters and it could end up in a lawsuit if Good doesn’t comply with Trump’s demands.
I’m sure Good supports Trump over Biden and would certainly vote Trump for president, but none of that matters because he dared have a different opinion in the primary.