Running interference for Antifa
Posted on 03/12/2021 9:06:12 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly told Republicans during a private meeting that the party’s fundraising efforts have so far been far more successful than those of former President Donald Trump, who this week called for supporters to donate to his new political action group rather than support “RINOs,” or Republicans in name only.
McConnell, R-Ky., shared figures Wednesday during a weekly party lunch while responding to Trump’s claims, three people briefed on the meeting told The New York Times, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
He reportedly showed data prepared on small cards, with the headline “Super PAC money raised,” that he distributed to the GOP senators at the meeting. On them, it showed the totals that were raised by the Senate Republican super PAC and for the Georgia Senate races that ended up costing the party its chamber majority. That total, he said on the cards, was “$612+ million.”
“In 3 cycles: nearly $1 billion,” the card also said. And below that, the card listed the statistics for America First, the group formed to support Trump in 2020, and said “Trump: $148+ million.”
A McConnell spokesman refused to comment to the Times, but Jason Miller, an adviser to Trump, rejected implications that Trump’s actions resulted in Republicans losing the Georgia runoff races that determined control of the Senate, and instead blamed McConnell for refusing to support a larger coronavirus stimulus bill.
“A better side-by-side comparison would be the $2,000 stimulus checks that the Democrat candidates promised in Georgia versus the $600 stimulus checks that the Republicans offered, which led to us losing both seats,” Miller said. “Just think, if we had done that one thing differently, Republicans would be in control of the Senate right now.”
A person familiar with the McConnell action said it appears that the senator’s goal was less about fighting with Trump and more about reassuring GOP senators that they will have plenty of support should he target them in their upcoming races.
McConnell’s comments reportedly came after Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who heads the GOP Senate campaign committee, gave a presentation on the group’s efforts. Scott is set to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago later this week, according to a person familiar with the plans.
Several other key Republicans have been visiting Trump at his Florida resort home and club, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
Meanwhile, Trump has “reaffirmed” the party’s use of his name for fundraising pitches, after his lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the RNC, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee about using his name and likeness to raise money.
According to a Trump adviser, the former president is sensitive to the use of his name for branding purposes after the three groups supported GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach him over the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Only donations to the CCP’s Dominion PAC will really matter.
That’s what neither GOP PAC... (Trump’s OR McConnel’s) hasn’t figured out yet.
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Should we just give directly to China, Mitch?
The Republicans love Biden’s agenda, there’s some acting, but they love the Pork, Cheap Labor, and the Giant injection of money into Gov’t.
These same peeps killed the Tea Party, folks.
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McConnell is LYING through his teeth!,,
GOP continues to aggressively hold on to their formula for defeat and turn the country over to the Left.
Don’t care if it is 10:1. I will not give to the gop, only candidates.
Good for them but the bottom line for me is I do not vote for anyone that voted for impeachment. In fact, if they voted for impeachment I vote and donate for their opponents in the primary and in the general even if that means voting for a Degenecrat.
3 tiers -
Tier 1: Good Republican I support
Tier 2: Bad Republican I abstain
Tier 3: Traitor Republican I vote to defeat
So, someone like DeSantis I’d support. Someone like Rubio I’d ignore and go fishing. Someone like Murkowski I’d vote for the Democrat to deny her the seat.
McConnell is welcome to raise as much money as he can, but what counts is votes. So, as he will learn, if Trump shows up in some district (or state) pushing a certain candidate in the primary, good luck defeating that candidate.
Sad but probably true in part...sad because the suggestion is that we needed a handout war to win.
Margins were close enough that the calls to "boycott" the election could have been the deciding factor as well. Only took a tiny percentage of people listening that garbage to make the difference in a close election.
So not only did they wreck the Georgia races by not supporting the stimulus that Trump wanted.
But they also raised money for Georgia that they didn’t spend but instead are redirecting that money to help Rino’s.
Your response to them was a lot better than mine. I just wrote EFF off and mailed them back. The damn nerve of them. I despise them.
The Idiot fails to realize or purposely does not indicate or acknowledge that having tons of money don’t guarantee an election(s) won. Apparently, the Idiot forgot to talk to Hitlery and ask her how much money she had over Trump....and still lost.
Dominion is going to charge A LOT to make the "election" look good.
Talk about a money bonfire!!
Smoke and mirrors. GOPe is using Trump’s name to collect funds for RINOs. Mitch gladly lost those two races in Georgia because he rolled over on the massive and obvious voter fraud.
I received a call last evening from the RNC looking for a handout. Needless to say, they called the wrong number. I laughed, said “you’ve got to be kidding” and hung up on he grifter.
two reasons.
1. McConnell includes counterfeit Chinese money.
he got 3 billions of it. so he will never report this.
2. McConnell STOLE Trump’s PAC money and gave it to
Biden to help Biden. so THAT will be covered up as fast
as a four year old child taped to his kitchen floor
covered with cocaine his inlaws brought in, in their
Chinese vessels.
I wrote back about the six RHINOS who voted to impeach PT. Ditch Mitch!
I wonder if they can keep it up if they are no longer allowed to use the Trump’s name and likeness.
I was disappointed to see that Trump is using WINRED to fundraise for him. They are the same guys who fundraise for all of those Deep State RINOS, so they win no matter who runs...
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