Missouri AG hopes lawsuits will help his Senate bid.

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Senate hopeful flexes power of AG’s office through lawsuits

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general, Eric Schmitt, sued China over the coronavirus. He signed on to a failed lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Now, as he positions himself for a Senate run, he’s turning his attention closer to home and suing to stop mask mandates in the state’s liberal cities and Missouri schools.

For state attorneys general hoping to gain greater influence and advance their own political agendas, filing lawsuits has become an increasingly common strategy. The partisan divide over coronavirus restrictions has given GOP politicians an opening to showcase their conservative bona fides to voters and capitalize on the public’s exhaustion with COVID-19 protocols a year and a half into a pandemic that shows no signs of waning.

For Schmitt, the fight over mask mandates could bolster his support in a crowded primary for retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat in next year’s midterm elections.

Schmitt is “taking advantage of what we call the politics of grievance,” said retired St. Louis University political scientist Steven Puro. “He’s going to play on that as much as he possibly can.”

https://apnews.com/article/california-recall-elections-lawsuits-presidential-elections-china-79c61fc852facf8da8c8d6d34225f7f6

Should get him elected "asshole of the year" anyhow.

[Midnight Writer]

1. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.

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2. They also have hate