President Donald Trump fired a parting shot at GOP Congresswoman Mia Love, who’s facing an uphill re-election battle in Utah’s 4th District, as he discussed midterm results on Tuesday and the House loss to Democrats.
During a wide-ranging press conference on Wednesday morning, Trump said he wasn’t sure whether to be happy or sad for defeated House GOP incumbents who did not support or seek his endorsement.
Trump singled out Love as an example. He said the Utah Congresswoman had asked for his help in securing the release of Joshua Holt from a Venezuelan prison this summer, but then distanced herself during the campaign.
“Mia Love … I saw Mia Love … she called me all the time to help her with a hostage situation,” Trump said.
“But Mia Love gave me no love and she lost,” he said. “Too bad. Sorry about that, Mia.”
Love has not yet officially lost her race. She is currently trailing Democrat Ben McAdams in the 4th District, 51.3-48.6 percent, as ballots continued to pour in from Salt Lake and Utah counties.
Trump appeared unaware that the race was not yet called and quickly moved on to other GOP targets.
“Those are some of the people that decided, for their own reasons, not to embrace ... me or what we stand for,” he said. “But what we stand for meant a lot to most people.”
