The Independent: ‘Rich Mitch’: Republican group that infuriated Trump takes aim at Senate leader in new ad
The Lincoln Project is using highly targeted ad buys to frustrate the president's re-election chances and attack his senior allies in the Republican party
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By ANDREW NAUGHTIE
A campaign group formed by anti-Trump Republican operatives has launched a TV commercial against the party’s leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who is up for re-election this November.
Deriding him as “Rich Mitch”, the ad is being broadcast in the senator’s home state of Kentucky. It is the work of the Lincoln Project, an operation founded by veterans of various Republican campaigns united in their disgust for Donald Trump, as well as for their party’s acquiescence to him and his agenda.
“What will history say about Mitch McConnell?” asks the ad’s voiceover. “Well, he’s spent most of his time making deals for himself. Not so much for Kentucky.