Republicans use McConnell allies to try and force his hand on election security
Republicans use McConnell allies to try and force his hand on election security
By Lesley Clark
August 20, 2019 07:00 AM
A conservative group is increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put election security legislation up for a vote in the Senate by airing ads that target the Kentucky Republican and four other Republican senators in their home states.
Republicans for the Rule of Law is unveiling new spots that urge Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, to push McConnell for a vote, urging them dont let Mitch McConnell stand in your way. The group is also re-airing a 60-second ad that calls on McConnell to act.
The 30-second spots will air nearly daily on Fox & Friends starting Wednesday. Theyll also run on Fox News Sunday and NBCs Meet the Press in the senators home cities on Sunday as part of a $400,000 ad buy that includes digital ads.
The ads note the senators support for election security legislation.
McConnell and all Republican Senators have no greater responsibility than protecting our elections from foreign enemies like Russia and Iran, said Republicans for the Rule of Law legal advisor and spokesman Chris Truax.
Bill Kristol, a member of the group and the former editor of the Weekly Standard, said Republicans for the Rule of Law believes the issue deserves a hearing on the Senate floor.
How do you defend not letting these bills come to the floor for debate and discussion? said Kristol. Whats the rationale for literally doing nothing?
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