Posted on 11/13/2013 6:23:41 AM PST by jimbo123
Matt Hoskins is the executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund, an outside group that has made waves with its willingness to endorse against sitting Republican senators. Prior to his work at SCF, Hoskins served as a top aide to then-South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint. Given how much animosity SCF is generating among establishment Republicans, we reached out to Hoskins to chat about the incoming his group is facing, what it means and how he envisions SCF’s role in future elections. Our conversation, conducted via e-mail, is below and has been edited only for grammar.
FIX: Mitch McConnell told the Wall Street Journal that SCF ”has elected more Democrats than the Democratic Senatorial Committee over the last three cycles.” Is he wrong? And, what do you say to the larger critique that SCF isn’t interested in electing Republicans but rather raising money for itself?
Matt Hoskins: Mitch McConnell has a bad habit of blaming the grass roots for the party’s losses and ignoring our role in the party’s victories. We helped elect Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, but McConnell never talks about this. Instead, he distorts our record. SCF has helped nominate only two tea party Republicans who lost to Democrats. McConnell, however, has helped nominate at least six moderate Republicans who lost to Democrats in the same time period. Mitch McConnell has also falsely accused SCF of collaborating with Harry Reid when he is the one helping Harry Reid pass bailouts, debt limit increases, tax hikes, and funding for Obamacare. And it was Mitch McConnell, not SCF, who refused to campaign against Harry Reid in 2010.
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He gop/e... elected office is no longer a defense... we have found a way to penetrate that armor.
Incumbent GOPs like McConnell and Graham are scared. Too bad McCain isn’t up for election in 2014 too.
More like PO'd. If they were scared, they'd be voting with Cruz.
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