President Donald Trump and Gov. Bill Lee have endorsed Republican Matt Van Epps ahead of Tuesday’s 7th Congressional District primary election.

“Matt Van Epps has my complete and total endorsement to be the next Congressman from Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District — He will never let you down!” Trump wrote in part in an Oct. 3 Truth Social post.

Trump’s endorsement comes one day after Lee endorsed Van Epps, saying in an Oct. 2 X post that “Matt will stand with President Trump 100% to push back against the extreme agendas that threaten this country.”

Van Epps is the former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services who currently serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Tennessee National Guard.

He is also a U.S. Army Ranger and West Point graduate who served in the s

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