[Behind the Blue Wall]

From my view, this all seems like a deterrent shot across the bow by the Turtle going into 2018. It’s not new, the GOPe’s position has long been that if you dare successfully oppose us in the primary, we’ll stop at nothing to destroy you in the general. It’s traitorous behavior, but it’s par for the course for the “leaders” of the Republican Party.

[Slyfox]

From my view, this all seems like a deterrent shot across the bow by the Turtle going into 2018.

Yes. McConnell does not want a game-changer in the senate upsetting his little fiefdom.