Report: Joe Walsh To Announce Trump Challenge This Weekend

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, OCT. 14 AND THEREAFTER - In this Oct. 9, 2012 photo, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep Joe Walsh makes a point during a debate with his Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth in Rolling Meadows, Il... ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, OCT. 14 AND THEREAFTER - In this Oct. 9, 2012 photo, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep Joe Walsh makes a point during a debate with his Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth in Rolling Meadows, Ill. Walsh, a tea party favorite with a history of headline-grabbing comments, and Duckworth, an Iraq veteran and former helicopter pilot who lost both her legs in combat, have engaged in a series of contentious debates in their run in Illinois' 8th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Patrick Kunzer) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, TV OUT MORE LESS
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Former congressman and tea-partier-turned-Trump-critic Joe Walsh said Wednesday that if he does enter the primary against President Donald Trump, he’ll do it “soon.”

According to Politico, sources close to Walsh said he plans to announce this weekend.

“I’ve been really surprised by the amount of anxiousness from people across the spectrum who want this president to have a challenge, because there’s just a real concern that he’s absolutely unfit,” Walsh said. “I think if there is an alternative out there, the money will follow.”

So far, only former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld has formally launched a primary challenge against the President.

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