Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reiterated his criticism of a bunch linked to Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at a current rally, saying it has not assisted him in his aggressive Senate race this cycle.
“We are getting absolutely zero support from the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF),” the Republican mentioned.
Cruz is taking over Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, within the tight race for Senate. Regardless of the official problem posed by Allred, Cruz is favored to win the contest.
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Ted Cruz speaks with Fox Information Digital. (Fox Information Digital)
SLF has notably spent most of its sources in states with key Republican Senate pick-up alternatives, equivalent to Pennsylvania, Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan.
However Cruz identified, “In Texas, we have the most expensive Senate race in the entire country.”
Because the senator famous, the Cruz and Allred campaigns have raised extra money than the candidates in every other Senate race, with the 2 of them raking in a mixed $165 million, in keeping with the Houston Chronicle.
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The PAC related to McConnell has centered on different races. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photos)
Whereas the race has attracted extra marketing campaign money than others, together with Cruz’s final re-election bid towards Beto O’Rourke, it hasn’t seen fairly as a lot outdoors involvement as sure different races this cycle.
The truth is, Ohio has reportedly seen probably the most spending in its Senate race, topping $400 million, in keeping with USA At present. After Ohio, greater than $200 million has been spent in each Pennsylvania and Montana.
“Chuck Schumer is spending over $100 million with George Soros trying to beat me. And McConnell in the Senate Leadership Fund is spending zero,” Cruz mentioned, referring to expenditures from the Schumer-tied Senate Majority PAC and different outdoors darkish cash teams with connections to Soros.
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Schumer’s related PAC has gone towards Cruz within the state. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Photos)
Allred’s marketing campaign didn’t present remark to Fox Information Digital in time for publication.
“Ted Cruz is one of the best fundraisers in the Republican Party, he ran a great campaign, and he will be reelected handily on Tuesday,” SLF spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair advised Fox Information Digital in an announcement.
Much less consideration has been paid to the Texas Republican’s race — or these of Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., who’re in equally aggressive battles — as a result of most conservative efforts have been centered on knocking off weak Democrats in a number of extra aggressive battleground states.
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Cruz defeated Beto O’Rourke in 2018. (Allison Bailey/Center East Photos/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
“The way Washington operates, the swamp doesn’t like people that stand up and fight them,” Cruz advised reporters. “And unfortunately, McConnell uses that super PAC to reward senators who obey him and to punish those who stand up to him.”
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In a current e book on McConnell, titled “The Price of Power,” Michael Tackett, the deputy Washington bureau chief of the Related Press, detailed how the chief allowed convention members to publicly go towards him, to an extent, if it was useful to them electorally.
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