Politico: GOP Backlash Builds Over Push For Rick Scott

November 11, 2024 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

Politico Playbook reports:

This morning, we have a news flash for Scott’s overzealous allies: Congratulations, your campaign appears to be backfiring, badly. MAGA posters began targeting the GOP senators listed as backing Cornyn or Thune, while others openly threatened primaries and called senators “traitors.” There’s just one problem: There’s probably no group of Republicans more insulated from an outside pressure campaign than the 53 senators and senators-elect who will be voting Wednesday on Mitch McConnell’s replacement.

Most of them don’t have to run until 2028 or later. Some won’t run again at all. And, crucially, the vote is by secret ballot, meaning there’s no public accountability for how they vote. The bulk of the Republican rank-and-file is not pleased. At all. We spoke with one senator who was aghast at the effort, as well as a GOP aide who said the campaign is “pissing off senators whose votes Rick needs” to win. “Senators do not take kindly to having an army of social media trolls attack them,” the aide texted us.

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Leading the charge in support of Scott are extremist Laura Loomer, alleged man meat groper Matt Schlapp, anti-LGBTQ activist Robby Starbuck, Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk, and paid Kremlin stooge Benny Johnson.



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