REPUBLICANS’ “CANDIDATE QUALITY” DÉJÀ VU… → This week, as Senate Republican candidates are “feeling the heat” amid another round of reports exposing their deep flaws and critical vulnerabilities, even Mitch McConnell started raising concerns (AGAIN) about Republicans’ “candidate quality” issues.
… BECOMING A PRIMETIME PROBLEM → This week, MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show detailed the pattern of scandals, biographical lies, and damaging vulnerabilities that have emerged about Republican Senate recruits in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Montana, Michigan, and Arizona.
SAM BROWN’S NUCLEAR-SIZED BACKLASH AS HE GRABS THE “THIRD RAIL OF NEVADA POLITICS” → Sam Brown is facing major criticism from Nevadans after a report from the LA Times uncovered his support for the controversial Yucca Mountain project that would create a “graveyard for nuclear detritus” in Nevada. Brown called the failure to open the facility an “incredible loss of revenue” for Nevada, putting himself on the wrong side of a “third rail in Nevada politics.”
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS… SPELLS TROUBLE FOR REPUBLICANS → Republicans are also facing new concerns over their primary problems, as McConnell conceded this week that GOP favorite Sam Brown is facing a “tough primary,” despite support from national Republicans.
ALSO MESSY IN MICHIGAN → POLITICO reported, “The Michigan Senate race is becoming more of a headache than Republicans had hoped,” as the primary between Sandy Pensler, Mike Rogers, and Justin Amash becomes more “expensive” and “messy,” much to the “chagrin of the Republicans.” Sandy Pensler is reportedly “gearing up to spend big bucks…to contrast with his opponents in the race, including the Trump-backed Mike Rogers.”
🏎️ MORENO’S ASTON MARTIN MESS → A new report from Mother Jones reveals the story of Bernie Moreno’s $3.4 million Aston Martin Vulcan, a car worth “90 times Ohio’s median per capita income:”
LIVING UNDER RICK SCOTT’S ABORTION BAN → This week, as Florida’s Rick Scott-backed six-week abortion ban went into effect, Scott faced backlash from local leaders and advocates from across the state. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s campaign highlighted Scott’s support for the dangerous ban with a mobile billboard and digital ads. On the same day the abortion ban went into effect, Rick Scott said he would take the ban further, committing to sign “any anti-abortion bill.”
SCOTUS ANNIVERSARY “PUT REPUBLICANS ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER ABORTION” → This week, around the second anniversary of the leaked Republican Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Senate Democrats “put Republicans on the defensive over abortion” for their “anti-abortion stances.”
SAY WHAT?… This week, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Steve Daines said that the NRSC’s polling shows abortion is “an important voting issue for single women in particular.”
TROUBLE IN PARADISE → A report from the Washington Post detailed how “tensions [are] grow[ing] between Trump and Lake,” as the former president worries Lake will “drag down his…numbers.” To make matters more embarrassing, as Lake campaigns everywhere but Arizona, “after grumbling for months that she was at his Mar-a-Lago Club too often, Trump gently suggested to Lake that she should leave the club and hit the campaign trail in Arizona.”
📹 LIGHTS, CAMERA, DISASTER → Tim Sheehy’s vulnerabilities were on full display during his first on-camera interview with a Montana media outlet since revelations emerged that he lied about his biography. The Montana Democratic Party released a video in response, using Sheehy’s own words refusing to answer about his inconsistencies around his military service and gunshot wound, his current staffer’s support for neo-Nazi social media posts, and his struggling taxpayer-funded business. Watch here.
IN THE STATES →
TWEET OF THE WEEK →
David Bergstein
@DavidABergstein
Amanda Sherman Baity
@asherman89
Maeve Coyle
@maevemcoyle
Tommy Garcia
@Tommy_D_Garcia
Annie Lentz
@AnnieElise6
Julia Ferrara
@JuliaFerrara22
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