Kelli Ward: 'I absolutely trust President Trump'

One of the primary challengers to Donald Trump’s top Senate rival says she’s sticking with the president after his immigration deal with Democratic leaders.

“I absolutely trust President Trump,” Kelli Ward told THE WEEKLY STANDARD. “He ran on and he was elected on the promise of securing the border and building the wall. And I think he’s already working toward achieving these goals.”

Ward, who is mounting a primary challenge against Arizona senator Jeff Flake, is part of a new group of grassroots politicians rising in the wake of Trump’s presidential victory: insurgents whose pitch to voters rests on their dedication to the president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda.

Trump’s prickly attitude towards Republicans in Congress has made this a strong strategy: In Ward’s case, it even earned her a shout-out from Trump himself.

But there’s a danger in hitching your campaign to the Trump Train: sometimes it heads off in unexpected directions. Which is what happened with immigration policy this week and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.