It’s been a tough few weeks for the Republican Party. The political world was shaken when President Joe Biden handed the presidential baton to Vice President Kamala Harris and she took it full speed ahead. Suddenly, the Democrats were Donations and volunteers surgeHarris then chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Big bounceEvery dollar spent in each state and every volunteer recruited will help a lower ranking candidate.
That is, already Problematic Republican Senate Candidates There’s just more to worry about. They haven’t been helping themselves much lately.
Take Eric Hovde of Wisconsin. He’s a friendly guy. Fox News A little over a week ago, he was asked a somewhat pointed question about why a Fox News poll had him trailing incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin by 11 points. His answer? “I haven’t seen the polls, so I can’t tell you.” That’s the polls that were literally explained to him.
He escaped there with relative ease. 7-to-1 lead in funding In a race.
Hovde’s difficulties in Wisconsin may have something to do with the fact that he spends a lot of time at his $7 million seaside mansion in Laguna Beach, Calif. In fact, in June he Hanging out At the planned beach To meet At the Oconto County Copper Festival Parade.
At least there was some good news recently for Potash Lake in Arizona. She Won the primary electionThat’s to be expected. But every silver lining is clouded by a dark cloud: Nearly 45% of Republicans Voted for someone else In the primary election.
This isn’t going to help her get them back.
Shortly after that questionable win, Lake Sudden change of direction On the issue of debates, in March she announced at a press conference, “I am ready to debate Ruben Gallego here right now…” “I will debate with him right here at this table… I will debate with him any time.”
What about now? Not really. “I think we should be having a conversation about which debates we’re going to have,” Lake said on primary day.
Meanwhile, her opponent, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, Announced He has received the endorsement of 40 prominent officials and activists from Republican and independent parties. As of August 5, Gallego 11-point advantage The total number of people polled was 538.
In the Senate battleground state of Ohio, Republican candidate Bernie Moreno is challenging Sen. Sherrod Brown and is dealing with some unpleasant news. For example: Recent Associated Press The report details the Moreno family’s corruption scandal, which includes $788 million in bribes, ongoing criminal investigations, and the misappropriation of U.S. taxpayer money to line the pockets of the Moreno family.
Moreno has already Shredding the evidence He was sued for wage theft. Against racial, gender and age discrimination at a high-end Cleveland car dealership. Lie About cute Many all.
Brown is 4-point lead Polls at the end of July showed him doing what he’s always done in Ohio. He told CNN His campaign, as always, is about ordinary Ohioans. “That’s what this election is about,” Brown said. “It will contrast my fight for dignity of work with my opponent’s record of having to pay $400,000 in back wages to his employees.”
In neighboring Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick Recent bad headlines“Dave McCormick calls for calmer speech but has a vested interest in sites that publish hate speech and conspiracies.”
Following last month’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, McCormick He told a local station“I hope people take a step back and think… The political rhetoric that we’re seeing and seeing increase is really disturbing. It’s hard to imagine that this environment of vile and dehumanizing rhetoric wouldn’t lead to violence.”
Of course, one of the biggest drivers of this hate is the right-wing social media platform Rumble, which McCormick said he invested between $1 million and $5 million in in his most recent financial disclosure, according to the Bucks County Beacon.
McCormick also received a letter from state workers saying: “Rollback” Funding from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill allows the state $13.1 billion For investment in highways and bridges.
“He’s basically saying he doesn’t want me to come to work right now,” one member of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Woodworkers Union said in the social media video.
Incumbent Senator Bob Casey 5 points Leading, he On stage He appeared with Harris and Walz at the official campaign launch in Philadelphia.
Speaking of inflammatory social media posts from Republicans, there’s Tim Sheehy of Montana. Caused a big fuss This week, he tweeted an anti-Semitic meme.
[The meme] The post shows how the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, controls radio, television and funding. In his post, Sheehy said, “We need your help to stop Jon Tester and Chuck Schumer. Donate to Tim Sheehy for Montana now!”
A puppeteer’s hand, presumably Schumer’s, controlled the strings for the radio, television and money sections, which were accompanied by cartoons of bags full of “$” letters.
The Montana Jewish Project tried to contact Sheehy’s campaign about the post multiple times but did not hear back, according to The Daily Montanan. Rebecca Stampfel, the group’s leader, told the paper they “did the old-fashioned thing” by sending a certified letter to the only address they could find for the campaign. A staff member responded that they would postpone a response “until the end of the month.”
For Sheehy, the memes aren’t the only thing that concerns the Jewish community: His campaign staff includes Caleb Oliet, who recently called himself “deputy political director,” and who has a history of posting and liking racist and anti-Semitic content on social media. Discovered by Axios Oliet’s social media posts were removed after Axios reached out to them.
The race is a big one for incumbent Senator Jon Tester. Polls were held in the stateNot many. Cook Political Report The state rates it 50-50.
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