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Politico reports:
West Virginia GOP Senate hopeful Don Blankenship is amping up his racial attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with a new ad declaring, “Swamp captain Mitch McConnell has created millions of jobs for China people.”
“While doing so, Mitch has gotten rich,” Blankenship adds. “In fact, his China family has given him tens of millions of dollars.” McConnell’s wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, is Chinese American. Her father is chairman of a shipping company.
The ad closes with a shot of Blankenship holding two young children, one on each arm as he pronounces, “I will beat Joe Manchin and ditch cocaine Mitch for the sake of the kids.”
What in the world did I just watch pic.twitter.com/4eudpGAxp0
— Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) May 3, 2018
The lifeless eyes. The flat affect. The dude is a textbook sociopath. Those poor girls!
(Also, I’m not proud, but “chinapeople” makes me lol every time.) https://t.co/H5eHSAjvti
— David Roberts (@drvox) May 3, 2018
His charisma just leaps off the screen https://t.co/1lfSJKtMjF
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 3, 2018
Like a Mr. Show sketch. https://t.co/XZxZMwUIEX
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 3, 2018
I hate to lose. So I’m gonna go out on a limb here and ask the people of West Virginia to make a wise decision and reject Blankenship!
No more fumbles like Alabama. We need to win in November. #wv #wvpol
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 3, 2018
Just to be clear, I’m not endorsing any single candidate in the #WVSEN race. I think there are two qualified, conservative and ELECTABLE candidates running and one train wreck who would guarantee another term for Joe Manchin. https://t.co/sReiwa5MlS
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 3, 2018
29 miners died. Their boss went to prison. Now he’s running for Senate and telling voters Obama framed him.
Inside Don Blankenship’s wild, super-Trumpy West Virginia Senate campaign: https://t.co/Zg4lidcjxI pic.twitter.com/hT54KPdpI4
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 3, 2018