Former Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh ends GOP challenge to Trump: 'Any Democrat would be better'

Joe Walsh.
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Joe Walsh may be ending his challenge to President Trump, but his 2020 battle is far from over.

Walsh, a former Republican congressmember from South Carolina, ended his GOP primary challenge to Trump on Friday morning after writing an op-ed that deemed his party a "cult." He'll now focus on convincing Democrats, Independents, and Republicans that "any Democrat would be better than Trump in the White House," he told CNN in an interview.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.