In Virginia GOP primary, Trump and McCarthy try to oust House Freedom…

Republican voters in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District are going to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to hand another term to House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good or replace him with Virginia state Sen. John McGuire, a former Navy SEAL, in a race that has highlighted a divide within the Trump faction of the GOP.

The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election tracker, rates the race “Solid Republican,” so the winner of the Republican primary is almost certain to win the general election in Southside Virginia.

Good, running for his fifth term, lost the support of both Kevin McCarthy-aligned Republicans in the wake of his vote to oust McCarthy as speaker and former President Donald Trump, after he endorsed the former president’s primary opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Good later endorsed Trump after DeSantis dropped out, but not soon enough for Trump, who posted on Truth Social, “It was too late” — and then endorsed his primary…