Cruz Fundraises For Tea Party Group That Challenges Incumbent GOPers
DANIEL STRAUSS – FEBRUARY 26, 2014, 10:35 AM EST
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was caught fundraising for a tea party group that openly opposes Republican leadership and backs challenges to incumbent senators, something that should be a conflict of interest for Cruz, who is a vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Politico obtained a fundraising pitch penned by Cruz for the The Madison Project, one of the anti-establishment conservative outside groups that have been a persistent thorn in top Republicans' side this election cycle. Politico got the memo from someone who received it last month.
In the fundraising mailer, Cruz urges donors to "pull out all the stops" in order to help elect "solid, principled, conservative fighters."
The Madison Project, albeit not as well known as bigger conservative outside groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund and FreedomWorks, has endorsed and boosted a number of conservative primary challengers to incumbent Republican lawmakers including Republican Matt Bevin in Kentucky who is running against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Milton Wolf who is challenging Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS).
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