Right Wing Scrambles To Protect GOP Sen. Mike Lee

The Washington Examiner reports:

The Club for Growth is on television in Utah with $2.5 million in advertising to provide air cover for Sen. Mike Lee (R), who is fending off an unexpectedly aggressive challenge from independent candidate Evan McMullin.

Utah is a red state, and Republicans are favored to make gains in Congress amid President Joe Biden’s languishing job approval ratings.

But the Club for Growth, a conservative advocacy group in Washington, is worried enough about Lee’s prospects that it is now airing a television spot statewide, on broadcast and cable, attacking McMullin as a closet liberal. McMullin has pledged not to caucus with the Democrats or Republicans should he oust Lee in November.

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Real Clear Politics is showing Lee at +5 over McMullin.

In 2016, Lee won by 41 points.

Earlier this month Lee launched a Twitter account with the far-right username “Based Mike Lee.”