Posted on 03/25/2014 9:39:36 AM PDT by cotton1706
Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi is facing real competition in the upcoming Republican primary from a Tea Party candidate for the first time in 30 years, and the conservative group is confident the six-term senator will be defeated.
The challenger is 41-year-old Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who has met with Sens. Mike Lee and Ted Cruz in recent months to court their support while he takes on the GOP establishment, NBC News is reporting.
"I never in a million years thought I would challenge Sen. Cochran. He's been there as long as I've been alive," McDaniel told the local Cattlemen's Association Thursday.
"Millions in this country feel like strangers in this land. An old America is passing away; a new America is rising to take its place," he added. "We recoil from that culture. It's foreign to us. It's offensive to us."
And he warned about the current political environment in Washington, which he likened to reversing the American Revolution.
"When we abdicate our self-government, when we surrender it to politicians and bureaucrats 1,000 miles away, it is essentially akin to repealing that early American revolution," McDaniel said.
McDaniel is challenging Cochran's conservative credentials and questions how much he has contributed to the debt problem.
"Sen. Cochran has not shown a willingness to be a conservative during his tenure," McDaniel told NBC News. "He's been there 42 years and during that time period the debt's grown from $400 billion to $17.3 trillion. And he's been largely responsible for that."
The Mississippi senator has defended the money that he has helped allocate to Mississippi, which is one of the poorest states in the country.
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I met McDaniel last night at a town hall in Southaven. He is solid on the Constitution and the one we need!
I’m so happy you went to meet him!!!!!
We have a lot of work ahead for Chris. I was disappointed only about 50 came.
The NRA just endorsed Cochran. Great. The NRA also endorsed the locally elected Senators and state representatives that wanted gun control here in Mississippi.
Woo Hoo! Go Chris!
“He’s been there as long as I’ve been alive”
Therein lies the problem. These people need term limits.
God bless and keep you and Chris McDaniel!
GO CHRIS!!!!
I met McDaniel last night at a town hall in Southaven.
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How was the turn-out for Chris McDaniel and was the crowd enthusiastic? Give us a couple of details please.
Onyx; are y’all gonna be able to get rid of all those yard signs?
The NRA is losing members in droves. The GOA (Gun Owners of America) has endorsed Chris McDaniel.
About fifty were there. He had us on our feet as he came strong against the establishment. I just wish more would have been there given the size of Desoto county
About fifty were there. He had us on our feet as he came strong against the establishment. I just wish more would have been there given the size of Desoto county
Mrs. Duffee and I were there.
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