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Mitch McConnell warns GOP senators they’ll face ‘incoming’ if they back Hawley bill to limit corporate giving in campaigns
CNN ^ | 10/31/2023 | Manu Raju

Posted on 11/03/2023 12:37:03 PM PDT by Grandpa Drudge

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell bluntly warned Republican senators in a private meeting not to sign on to a bill from Sen. Josh Hawley aimed at limiting corporate money bankrolling high-powered outside groups, telling them that many of them won their seats thanks to the powerful super PAC the Kentucky Republican has long controlled.

According to multiple sources familiar with the Tuesday lunch meeting, McConnell warned GOP senators that they could face “incoming” from the “center-right” if they signed onto Hawley’s bill. He also read off a list of senators who won their races amid heavy financial support from the Senate Leadership Fund, an outside group tied to the GOP leader that spends big on TV ads in battleground Senate races. On that list of senators: Hawley himself, according to sources familiar with the matter.

McConnell has long been a chief opponent of tighter campaign finance restrictions. But there’s also no love lost between McConnell and Hawley, who has long criticized the GOP leader and has repeatedly called for new leadership atop their conference. Just on Tuesday, Hawley told CNN that it was “mistake” for McConnell to be “standing with” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, in their push to tie Ukraine aid to an Israel funding package.

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TOPICS: AMERICA - The Right Way!!; Society
KEYWORDS: agitprop; chinamitch; citizensunited; cocainemitch; corruption; defenderoftheswamp; manuraju; mccainfeingold; mcconnell; politics; postturtle; swamp; yertle
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To: Yo-Yo

A much better remedy for the problem is a constitutional amendment to only allow campaign donations from those who can vote for the candidate.


21 posted on 11/03/2023 1:02:46 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: Yo-Yo

Mitch as a leatherback sea turtle. Which reincarnation is this one?


22 posted on 11/03/2023 1:03:45 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Take your center-right Mitch, and shove it up your arse. There should be no center-right individuals in the Republican Party. A center-right is a Rino, and a member of the uni-party.


23 posted on 11/03/2023 1:05:56 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

If Mitch the Glitch has a problem with it, then it’s bound to be good. I wish Hawley all the success he can get with it.


24 posted on 11/03/2023 1:06:44 PM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: Grandpa Drudge

“Team Mitch” represents 1) the donors and only the donors, and B) The worst in DC.


25 posted on 11/03/2023 1:14:11 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: TakebackGOP
'If you limit the amount that corporations can donate, then look at what we are up against with Democrat candidates and their funders.'

Part of the problem is the idea that such groups have rights, and that has helped destroy America. It seems that such corps, are able to funnel and donate more than the individual; all free people should be upset about that.

I doubt anyone would argue that we are in a better spot post corporate givings changes. All I see is woke multinational corps getting sweet tax breaks and other goodies, and having a larger say in our cultural rot as a whole.

26 posted on 11/03/2023 1:16:04 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: TakebackGOP

Although I did thoroughly enjoy seeing McCain/Feingold restrain McCain’s financing abilities.


27 posted on 11/03/2023 1:47:59 PM PDT by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

“the powerful super PAC the Kentucky Republican has long controlled.”

That right here is THE PROBLEM.

ChynaMitch speaks the truth.


28 posted on 11/03/2023 2:04:10 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Hey Mitch...no one lives forever.

You’re the past, Hawley’s the future.

Live with it.


29 posted on 11/03/2023 2:04:20 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Any law that limits funding will only hurt conservatives. Rats and Rino’s will just break the law with no consequences while the DOJ harasses and jails conservatives with it.


30 posted on 11/03/2023 2:08:04 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Mitch McComical is just trying to protect Congre$$e$ paycheck.


31 posted on 11/03/2023 2:18:11 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Grandpa Drudge

The Turtle done lost his mind.


32 posted on 11/03/2023 2:21:07 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: TakebackGOP

Does this legislation limit what unions can donate?? Unions always donate to rats- against the wishes of many members


33 posted on 11/03/2023 2:26:01 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: JonPreston

Is he?

Well, he ain’t so good with attorneys general.


34 posted on 11/03/2023 3:16:42 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: dljordan

Mitch is always warning Republicans and conservatives against being Republicans and conservatives.


35 posted on 11/03/2023 3:27:13 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Turtle came out of his coma to say this...?


36 posted on 11/03/2023 3:45:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Grandpa Drudge

Classic GOP circular firing squad. Marxist Democrats have billionaires lined up to finance their campaigns while GOP plot for ways to cut their donations. Are we tired of losing yet?


37 posted on 11/03/2023 3:49:35 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Regulator

Yes. And thankfully, he is closer to the end than the beginning.

But he has done his traitorous damage already.


38 posted on 11/03/2023 4:23:21 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Theoria

“Part of the problem is the idea that such groups have rights, and that has helped destroy America. It seems that such corps, are able to funnel and donate more than the individual; all free people should be upset about that.”

That’s what the Citizens United case decided.


39 posted on 11/03/2023 5:25:10 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: Grandpa Drudge

McConnell is FILTHY DIRTY!


40 posted on 11/03/2023 5:28:11 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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