Conservatives launch $5 million effort to pressure Democrats on Brett Kavanaugh

[DonViejo]

By Michael Scherer
July 10 at 7:29 PM

Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh will soon get a $5 million boost from two independent conservative groups devoted to supporting President Trump’s agenda, according to organizers of the effort.

Great America PAC and Great America Alliance will next week launch a campaign to confirm Kavanaugh built around cable television, radio and digital ads in seven states that were won by Trump in 2016 and where Democratic senators are campaigning for reelection.

The focus is not just on influencing the confirmation votes in the Senate but on using the Supreme Court nomination battle to energize Trump supporters to turn out for Republican candidates in the fall elections.

“It’s all about intensity,” said Ed Rollins, the lead strategist for the two Great America groups, which operate under distinct parts of the tax code. “This whole election and campaign is about whose side gets intensified.”

The groups plan to develop two sets of ads, with one targeting Democratic incumbent senators up for reelection in Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri and Montana, who voted against Trump’s last nominee to the high court, Neil M. Gorsuch.

The second set will target the three Democrats who voted for Gorsuch — Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Joe Manchin III (W.Va.).

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[kentuck]

1. They got a lot of Russian $$$ money to spend.

It does appear.

[vi5]

2. Why do they even bother/care?

I mean they can and will confirm him with no Democratic votes.

Is this just to prove that they can?

[HopeAgain]

3. Any Democrat who votes for Kavenaugh

Does not deserve to be reelected. I will never, ever vote for a Democrat who cannot act like a Democrat in this crucial vote. I am from Florida.