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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 08:33 PM Apr 2018

Blankenship releases ad calling McConnell 'cocaine Mitch'

West Virginia Senate candidate Don Blankenship (R) released a new ad on Monday in which he labels Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as “cocaine Mitch.”

“One of my goals as U.S. senator will be to ditch cocaine Mitch. When you voting for me, you’re voting for the sake of the kids,” Blankenship says at the conclusion of the campaign spot.

The ex-coal CEO has previously lobbed attacks at McConnell. The latest ad provides no context for the moniker.

Politico reported that Blankenship may be referring to a 2014 report in the left-leaning Nation magazine that drugs were once found on a shipping vessel owned by McConnell’s wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
The Hill has reached out to McConnell's office for comment.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/385574-blankenship-releases-ad-calling-mcconnell-cocaine-mitch

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Blankenship releases ad calling McConnell 'cocaine Mitch' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 OP
! rurallib Apr 2018 #1
Shocking footage of "Cocaine" Mitch and his wife Elaine "Sniffles" Chao ProudLib72 Apr 2018 #2
He's a dang narco elehhhhna Apr 2018 #3
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