Posted on 05/15/2018 11:41:31 AM PDT by SMGFan
.How do you compete in a Republican primary for a border state Senate seat? Martha McSally is offering one clue.
The Arizona congresswoman took to the House floor last week to ask unanimous consent to remove her name from a bill that would provide legal status and an eventual path to citizenship to some children of undocumented immigrants. Until then, McSally was one of 34 Republicans to co-sponsor the Recognizing America's Children Act, seen as a new and conservative version of the DREAM Act. The only Democrat to sponsor the bill is fellow Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, whom McSally hopes to take on in the fall in the race to succeed Republican Sen. Jeff Flake.
But in order to face Sinema, McSally must first survive a long and likely bitter battle against physician Kelli Ward and former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was pardoned by President Trump last year after being convicted of criminal contempt for violating an immigration-related court order. Voters in Arizona won't select their GOP nominee until Aug. 28, giving the victor little time to pivot toward a general election position in a red state that shows signs of turning purple.
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As long as she stays flipped, that’s enough.
I would like to know how she explains it though.
GOP needs to USE this in a ton of adds against here..........make sure the public is not deceived
Kelli needs to pound her on this. “The two faces of Martha McSally.”
(”She was for DACA before she was against it.”)
“Kelli ward is the best choice?”
Kelli Ward is who I am supporting. I do not trust McSally. Too much RINO blood flowing in her veins.
Eliminate McSally.
No further consideration should be given her, under any circumstances.
“McSally likely had her current constituents in mind when she agreed to sponsor the first measure. Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, which extends southeast from Tucson and shares a border with Mexico, tends to swing between Democrats and Republicans. Gabby Giffords once represented the area, and her aide Ron Barber took over not long after she was shot in the head during a constituent service event in Tucson. McSally unseated Barber in a 2014 race so close it ended in a recount. Hillary Clinton won the district by nearly five percentage points even as McSally won re-election there by nearly 14 points. Co-sponsoring an immigration bill like HR 1468 seemed to make political sense then.”
I guess this is the explanation.
With a weather vane in the background spinning with the wind.
Joe needs to GTFU
She would not have won her congressional seat unless she said she was for Doc of then... not that I like it or anything but that was the reality of it
*DACA... damn autocorrect
LOL! Uh, typical polispeak. Say what you need to get (s)elected then do what the money says. Seems like that’s one of the issues “they” have with PDJT. He’s actually following through with some of the things he said on the campaign trail. Weird huh?
Who you gonna pander to? It gets so confusing
McSully is too committed to Ryan/McConnell leadership. It is hard to say she supported a DACA bill just to appeal to her own district without acknowledging she must be un-genuine.
I know McSally and even once contributed but I am no longer in her corner. Kelli,at least for now, looks like the best bet.
Kelli Ward has been fighting the fight for 2 years.
McSally is McCain’s backup plan if he can’t get Cindy to replace him.
More likely, she is using McCain's tactic of running on repealing Obamacare in order to be elected before he cast the vote against repealing when it came up for a vote. She has learned from the master con artist.
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