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" ... two-term state Sen. Chris ... McDaniel just secured the endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and on Wednesday the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund announced its support for him. He already has a consortium of national and state groups backing him up, ranging from the powerful Club For Growth to the grassroots-focused FreedomWorks and Tea Party Express, among scores of others. ... Tea Party Express chairwoman Amy Kremer told Breitbart News that Team Barbour is no match for the grassroots conservative movement already supporting McDaniel.“You can involve the entire Barbour family and all of their trusted ones on the payroll, but they will never have the strength of the grassroots,” Kremer said. “This mentality and the arrogance exhibited only emboldens the grassroots. We will not be intimidated, nor will we back down. This seat belongs to the people and not Senator Cochran or the Barbour family.” ... “A seventh term for Thad Cochran might mean higher fees for Haley Barbour’s lobbying practice, but it means more bailouts, debt-limit increases and tax hikes for Mississippi voters,” Club For Growth spokesman Barney Keller fired back at Barbour’s machine in an email to Breitbart News on Wednesday. Kibbe echoed Keller’s assessment that the Barbours want Cochran in Washington to keep the federal dollars rolling into their lobbyists’ clients.“The Barbour family wants Cochran in Washington to keep the spending rolling, but the only thing that his 19 debt ceiling votes brought home for Mississippi families was over $10 trillion in debt,all to be passed on to children and grandchildren,” Kibbe said. “It’s time for a new generation of representation that cares about families and small businesses in Mississippi, and Chris McDaniel is the principled leader who can get it done.” ... “He

built the nation’s No. 1 lobbying firm, representing businesses that employ millions of Americans and helping fund universities and hospitals in Mississippi,” Cochran said of Barbour in the ad. “I’m proud of Haley, and you will be, too.” Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund chairwoman Jenny Beth Martin said that mentality is exactly why her group is endorsing McDaniel over Cochran. “It is precisely this kind of thinking -that having built the number 1 lobbying firm is a ‘good thing’ - that proves just how out of touch the insider, DC establishment crowd is with mainstream America,” Martin said in an email. “This is just one more reason why we have chosen to endorse Chris McDaniel for US Senate.” ... “The Tea Party is about representing the interests of the American people,” she said, noting that McDaniel “will be a true representative of the people, not just his pals on K Street.” Kremer, the chairwoman of Tea Party Express, told Breitbart News thatthis type of attitude from Barbour is why Americans should distrust career politicians. “I am not sure what is worse,Governor Haley Barbour saying that Cochran should be a Senator for life, or Senator McConnell saying they are going to ‘crush’ the tea party movement and our candidates,” Kremer said in an email.“These comments make it clear thatthe establishment mentality is to look out for themselves before looking out for their constituents and the American people. This is exactly what is wrong in Washington.” Kremer, a self-described “southern belle,” also said that Barbour’s blatant inability to understand the grassroots meanshe should consider leaving politics along with Cochran. “I have met Governor Barbour several times and he is a very nice southern gentleman,but he has no understanding of the strength of the tea party in Mississippi,” she said. “Bless his heart, maybe it is time for him to retire too.”