Former Gop Congressman Will Hurd Gets Booed Off Stage For Saying Trump 'is Running To Stay Out Of Prison'

Former Congressman Will Hurd is seen here in front of Capitol Hill.Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Former congressman Will Hurd was effectively booed off stage for criticizing Trump. Hurd tore into the former president at the end of a speech in front of Iowa Republicans. The crowd made clear their displeasure with Hurd's claim that Trump 'is running to stay out of prison." Former Congressman Will Hurd on Friday received a very vocal reminder of former President Donald Trump's stranglehold on the Republican Party.Hurd, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination, did something few of his fellow challengers would do in going after the former president by name at the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner, a major fundraiser and cattle call for candidates."Donald Trump is not running for president to represent people that voted for him in 2016 and 2020," Hurd said.