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DANIEL STRAUSS MARCH 10, 2014, 2:40 PM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stressed on Monday that his war hasn't been with the tea party movement, it's been with the Senate Conservatives Fund.
McConnell called the conservative outside group that backed his primary opponent in the 2014 cycle a "rogue political operation."
It's the latest shot McConnell has sent over at SCF, which has helped boost the top Senate Republican's primary challenger, Matt Bevin, and almost relentlessly hammered McConnell as not sufficiently conservative and a secret supporter of Obamacare. Here's McConnell's statement sent to Truthrevolt.org, which calls itself the conservative answer to the left-leaning Media Matters:
Ive always been and continue to be a big supporter of the Tea Party and the conservative change its bringing to Washington. One of the biggest obstacles to that change, however, is the Senate Conservatives Fund, a rogue political operation that has co-opted the Liberty movement for its own enrichment to the detriment of the conservative cause. This is a point that I have been making repeatedly and energetically over the past several months, because in my view this group has deceived a lot of good people. They claim to share our goals but undermine them at every turn. I think they should be stopped, and I dont mind saying so.
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bluesbassman
(19,372 posts)Fun watching the show though.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)"...The Tea Party Peeps suck even worser than we do. Neener neener neener." - McC (R - Wanker Master)
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)And, is he admitting they now own his wrinkled sorry butt?
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Get your stories straight, GOP!