Democratic Senate campaign fundraising outpaces GOP for fourth straight month

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The Democrats need to thank TFG for sucking up all of the small donors and Rick Scott for being an asshole who cannot run this campaign

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The committee tasked with electing more Democrats to the Senate is reporting a $10 million haul in July, outpacing its Republican counterpart for the fourth month in a row, according to numbers first released to NBC News.

With less than three months until the November elections, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee appears to be in a more formidable financial position, with $54.1 million cash on hand, well more than double the $23 million left in the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s account.

The NRSC reported about $8 million in fundraising in July.

The DSCC’s $10 million total last month is down from the $12.5 million it raised in June, when, it said, there was a surge in donations after the Supreme Court struck down constitutional protections for abortion.

The fundraising figures were reported amid increasing questions over whether Republican can wrest control of the 50-50 Senate from Democrats in a midterm year that had been predicted to be favorable to them.

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1. Encouraging!

Even though I'd like to see politics not dependent on who has the most money.

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2. Why Rick Scott's vacation plans sparked a new round of questions

When you are behind in fundraising, it is not good idea to take a long vacation

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The vast majority of the time, it’s best to ignore reporting on where politicians go on vacation. Everyone, including elected officials, deserve to take occasional breaks, and where they travel is between them and their families.

But once in a great while, there are exceptions. Axios published a report yesterday, for example, that raised a few eyebrows.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is spending part of his congressional recess on a luxury yacht in Italy with his family after criticizing President Biden for vacationing in Delaware, Axios has learned.... NRSC spokesman Chris Hartline did not respond to requests for comment on Monday night after Axios spoke with three sources familiar with aspects of Scott’s itinerary. Upon learning of Axios’ plans to publish, he said: “Sen. Scott took a couple days to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife and family — a trip that was planned more than a year ago.”

Right off the bat, let me state for the record that I don’t especially care where Scott takes trips. The Florida Republican is incredibly wealthy — he’s actually the Senate’s richest member, with a net worth of over a quarter of a billion dollars — and it’s not unusual for incredibly wealthy people to spend time on luxury yachts in Italy. On the surface, there’s nothing especially surprising about the news, to the extent that it should be seen as news at all.

But just below the surface, there’s a bit more to it.

There is, for example, some rather brazen hypocrisy. As recently as Monday, the GOP senator publicly mocked President Joe Biden for “vacationing in Delaware” instead of working in the White House. To publish such derision on Twitter while kicking back on a yacht on the Mediterranean is jarring, even by Republican standards.

There’s also some question as to who owns the yacht that Scott is currently enjoying.