The Republican Party has never been known for their unity. The presence of Donald Trump has not helped that problem. Because President Trump and his supporters are a major threat to the status quo in Washington, some Republicans and most Democrats would like to see him and his supporters go away. Some ‘establishment’ Republicans are working hard to see that Trump supporters do not get elected in the mid-terms–even if it means electing Democrats.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, The Gateway Pundit<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n The Senate Leadership Fund, a Super PAC aligned with Mitch McConnell, is pulling money from New Hampshire\u2019s Senate race \u2013 this is despite the fact polling shows the race close.<\/strong><\/p>\n Beginning on October 25th, $5.6 million in spending will be slashed from the state.<\/strong><\/p>\n Yahoo reported:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A Republican super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) confirmed on Friday that it would be withdrawing spending from New Hampshire\u2019s Senate race even as recent polling shows a tight contest.<\/strong><\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Senate Leadership Fund confirmed to The Hill that it would be slashing $5.6 million from the state beginning on Oct. 25.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAs the cycle comes to a close, we are shifting resources to where they can be most effective to achieve our ultimate goal: winning the majority,\u201d Senate Leadership Fund President Steven Law said in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n On Thursday, The Federalist<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n Seven affiliates of the Alaska Republican Party have now formally slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his interference in the Alaskan Senate contest against the party-endorsed candidate.<\/strong><\/p>\n On Wednesday, the Republican Women of Kenai became the latest Alaska Republican group to lambast the Kentucky senator and demanded his own state party censure him. In March last year, the Alaska Republican Party censured<\/a> Sen. Lisa Murkowski and pledged to support a primary opponent. The party endorsed<\/a> Kelly Tshibaka four months later. Because Alaska will use ranked-choice voting<\/a> in its general election in lieu of traditional party primaries, the two Republicans are still embattled in competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Last week, former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Tshibaka, railed<\/a> against McConnell for spending millions on Murkowski in Alaska while pulling out of Arizona, where the SLF canceled<\/a> $18 million in planned support for Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters.<\/strong><\/p>\n The establishment in both parties is not going to go quietly. We might as well get used to that. However, the Republicans seems to have more populist candidates than the Democrats, so the split is more obvious in the Republican Party. Think before you vote–do you want more of the same or do you want representatives who actually represent you. If you want representatives who actually represent you, your answer is not with establishment candidates in either party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Republican Party has never been known for their unity. The presence of Donald Trump has not helped that problem. Because President Trump and his supporters are a major threat to the status quo in Washington, some Republicans and most … Continue reading