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Nehlen finished the race with just 14 percent of the primary vote. He also carried the endorsements of conservative icon [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who died a month after the primary, columnist [[Ann Coulter]], and [[Sarah Palin]], the former governor of [[Alaska]] who was her party's vice-presidential nominee in 2008.

Nehlen finished the race with just 14 percent of the primary vote. He also carried the endorsements of conservative icon [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who died a month after the primary, columnist [[Ann Coulter]], and [[Sarah Palin]], the former governor of [[Alaska]] who was her party's vice-presidential nominee in 2008.

After the congressional race, Nehlen assumed the chairmanship of a new political action committee backing [[Donald Trump]] in the November 8 presidential election against [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. Through the Citizens Revolt PAC, Nehlen pledged to speak nationwide and in the media to challenge Trump's intra-party critics, often known as NeverTrumpsters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bloodied-a-lot-but-unbowed-ryan-foe-forms-pro-trump-pac/article/2599322|title=Bloodied — a lot — but unbowed, Ryan foe forms pro-Trump PAC|author=Kelly Cohen|publisher=''Washington Examiner''|date=August 14, 2016|accessdate=August 16, 2016}}</ref> Trump won the Wisconsin [[electoral vote]] by a narrow margin over the heavily favored Mrs. Clinton.

After the congressional race, Nehlen assumed the chairmanship of a new political action committee backing [[Donald Trump]] in the November 8 presidential election against [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. Through the Citizens Revolt PAC, Nehlen pledged to speak nationwide and in the media to challenge Trump's intra-party critics, often known as NeverTrumpsters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bloodied-a-lot-but-unbowed-ryan-foe-forms-pro-trump-pac/article/2599322|title=Bloodied — a lot — but unbowed, Ryan foe forms pro-Trump PAC|author=Kelly Cohen|publisher=''Washington Examiner''|date=August 14, 2016|accessdate=August 16, 2016}}</ref> Trump won the Wisconsin [[electoral vote]] by a narrow margin over the heavily favored Mrs. Clinton.

In the 2017 special U.S. Senate election in [[Alabama]], Nehlen came to the state to campaign for Judge [[Roy Moore]], who was accused of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls more than forty years earlier. Nehlen said that Moore was "falsely accused" and derided liberal Republican figures, including Paul Ryan, for joining the campaign to defeat the former judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/nehlen-ryan-judge-moore-falsely-accused-guilty-spending-filthy-pedo-dollars/|title=Nehlen to Ryan: "Judge Moore Was Falsely Accused, But You Are Guilty Of Spending Filthy Pedo Dollars"|publisher=''The Gateway Pundit''|date=November 13, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Moore subsequently lost the race on December 12 by 21,000 votes to the [[liberal]] Democrat [[Doug Jones]], a popular former U.S. Attorney in the [[Bill Clinton]] administration.

In the 2017 special U.S. Senate election in [[Alabama]], Nehlen came to the state to campaign for Judge [[Roy Moore]], who was accused of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls more than forty years earlier. Nehlen said that Moore was "falsely accused" and derided liberal Republican figures, including Paul Ryan, for joining the campaign to defeat the former judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/nehlen-ryan-judge-moore-falsely-accused-guilty-spending-filthy-pedo-dollars/|title=Nehlen to Ryan: "Judge Moore Was Falsely Accused, But You Are Guilty Of Spending Filthy Pedo Dollars"|publisher=''The Gateway Pundit''|date=November 13, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Moore subsequently lost the race on December 12 by 21,000 votes to the [[liberal]] Democrat [[Doug Jones]], a popular former U.S. Attorney in the [[Bill Clinton]] administration.