This is Pittenger NC-09 all over again. Don't back down, sue the SOB. Their is probably criminal activity here just like NC-09, just dig up the proof.
Allegedly he spent 60% of the few money he raised bribing delegates, so bribery and vote buying would already be super illegal? Lol
Exactly, hence find the proof.
This is the exact kind of Soviet style hit job that the conservative movement uses to enforce its three big litmus tests, brain dead, stupid and spoon fed. The slightest deviation is to be excised by next self centered grand stander looking to make a name for himself. The greatest lie ever perpetuated is that this process has helped the right or secured victories for the right. What it has done has served as an opportunity for the white collar criminal element, which flocks to old evangelicals like vultures to grift them out of their money, to steal elections and then get the movement to circle the wagons and blame everyone else for their criminal behavior. The only way it stops, is to start throwing them in jail.