Posted on 09/28/2022 7:16:49 AM PDT by cotton1706
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s super PAC dropped nearly $12 million in new spending on competitive races in key battlegrounds — but none of that spending is for one of the most competitive races of all: GOP rookie Blake Masters versus Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly in Arizona.
McConnell’s allies in Georgia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Alaska will each claim a portion of the pot from the Kentucky lawmaker’s Senate Leadership Fund, according to new numbers out Tuesday, while Arizona venture capitalist Masters remains abandoned by the top elected Republican in the country.
In Alaska, GOP incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski will receive nearly $1 million in support from McConnell’s PAC as she fends off a competitive challenge from Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who is running with an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
The cash infusion to Alaska comes after recent polling in the race shows Murkowski in a dead heat to keep her seat against Tshibaka, who has pledged not to support McConnell for another term in Senate leadership.
The additional support for Murkowski also comes after McConnell canceled $1.7 million in Alaska ad buys and pulled $8 million from Masters in Arizona last month. The decision to do both at the same time only served as a smokescreen to hide McConnell’s true Senate ambitions: Maintain a minority he can control instead of an anti-establishment majority that threatens his leadership perch.
Earlier this month, McConnell axed the rest of his super PAC’s money set aside for Arizona, canceling another $10 million from what polling by the Trafalgar Group shows is a 2-point race.
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Maybe a stupid question, but does Mitch want to see the GOP take the Senate? Is he happy to be minority leader? Does he prefer to be in the minority? What is his election strategy here?
The same RINO/Repub mofos that voted to give more 12 more billions to Ukraine putting the total amount given over the amount of the Russian military budget of 2021. GG.
no
yes
yes
“Is he happy to be minority leader? “
YES!!! He still has his senatorial perks and helps keep the deep state in charge!
Mitch is content to sit and collect a paycheck until it’s time to sucker the people of Kentucky into voting for him again. This applies to several others across both parties. Government is not your friend.
“Maybe a stupid question, but does Mitch want to see the GOP take the Senate? Is he happy to be minority leader? Does he prefer to be in the minority? What is his election strategy here?”
He doesn’t give a damn one way or the other, as long as he remains leader. And Murkowski will vote FOR him and Masters MIGHT vote against him for leader.
He wants to stay Republican leader until HE decides to retire the position. Because he’s an arrogant oligarch.
DITCH BOTH BITCHES....MITCH AND LISA NEED TO GO....NOW!!
Of course. The Old Crow can count on the Old Kow to do his bidding.
Instead using their funds to go after American communism and dems, China Mitch and wife-cheating, back-stabbing McCarthy have blown HUGE amounts of cash trying to smash down MAGA candidates.
Or, why these pieces of self-serving garbage just need to be DRAGGED.... for real.
Mitch is truly a POS, notwithstanding his stonewalling of Garland and support for Trump’s 3 SCOTUS picks.
Yes and yes. Easier to sit back, voice fake outrage and lose then to have to lead and actually DO anything.
Minority leader is the ultimate do-nothing gig.
he’s got another 5 years.
That and protecting his wife's financial/legal interests in China.
Ya know, Mitch McConnell is a guy who really really really could use a good kick in the nuts.
Assuming he has any.
One can kibitz but never have to put in the effort to fix anything while enjoying the trappings of power and benefiting from corruption.
Nice gig!
Just called Rick Scott’s office and told him to resign.
he aint on the ballot
but mitch is running for mitch
Just called Rick Scott’s office and told him to resign.
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