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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Don’t contribute a cent to the NRSCC
Really have to despise McConnell.
No, yes, Yes, see two and three....
This guy is beyond contempt!
China Mitch has to keep the money pipeline coming.
True...Cancer often does not kill quickly. A as far as Conservatism is concerned, Mitch/Rinos are the political equivalent of cancer. Rats are the political equivalent of inhalation anthrax.
I suppose I care about 3 things. Kari Lake win, House Flip and Murkowski loss. Anything beyond that is bonus but I don’t really care.
Alaska has both RCV and RCV-enabled voting machines.
McConnell is likely spending the money so the money gets the blame and nobody looks at voter fraud and/or RCV.
“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?”
As is the case for most of the establishment folks in Washington, everything they do is primarily to help themselves. Obviously, Mitch would rather rule the minority than be just one of the majority. Mitch may be the Senator from Kentucky and the Senate leader of the Repbulicans, but his real focus is Mitch the entrenched power player representing himself and Washington, DC
Anyone McConnell is for, I am against.
Contributions to political campaigns should be limited to those who can vote for the candidate.
McConnell needs to be removed from office for sedition. He’s as much of a traitor as Benedict Arnold ever was.
And THIS kids, is why we never donate to the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee! Donate directly to your candidate of choice!
This is why I never give money to the NRSC campaign, nor to the Wisconsin State GOP campaign. We give money to candidates directly. Even the GOP National committee is guilty of wasting money. Last week, my doorbell rang early in the morning, and it was the Post Office with a REGISTERED letter asking for money. The week before, they sent me a dollar asking for a donation. When my donations are spent on these activities, I’d rather give directly to candidates.
No, yes, yes, and the strategy is to lose.
Not one penny to the RNC. Any & all money should go to DJT or directly to the candidate you’re supporting.
DUMP HIM AS THE LEADER!
Haven’t cent a red cent to the RNC.
Mitch McConnell is the poster boy for why we should revoke the Seventeenth Amendment.
I’m so glad I don’t watch TV anymore. I imagine the airwaves are saturated with political ads right now.
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