Rep. McKinley embraces Trump policies despite ex-president's support for rival

SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia — Rep. David McKinley is walking a tightrope in embracing Trump administration policies despite the former commander in chief’s support for his Republican primary opponent, Rep. Alex Mooney, in the heated primary battle for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District.

While McKinley spoke with roughly two-dozen voters at a town hall at Shepherd University, a small college in a left-leaning enclave in the Mountain State’s Panhandle, on Monday evening, former President Donald Trump released a statement attacking the congressman over his vote on infrastructure.