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Republicans Ridicule Bob Good for Losing a Race He Hasn’t Officially Lost Yet

Rep. Bob Good is vowing to fight his close primary to the bitter end. His GOP colleagues, however, have seen enough.

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Rep. Bob Good speaks outside the hush money criminal case of former president Donald Trump in New York. Ted Shaffrey/AP

The race between Rep. Bob Good and Virginia state Sen. John McGuire hasn’t even been called yet, but House Republicans are already celebrating the anticipated defeat of the current House Freedom Caucus chairman.

Republicans were cautious about taking a victory lap too early last week, after the primary election was too close to call. But with the results looking increasingly bad for Good, and with former President Donald Trump already congratulating McGuire on the win, the party has officially begun. And so have the asserted lessons.

“Anyone who is not on the Team needs to go,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden texted NOTUS Monday night. “This is not about a caucus, it is about a Country. Bob forgot this and has done more damage to the America first movement than any Democrat because of his ego.”