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'They don't recognize the party.' GOP group launches campaign against J.D. Vance
AGOP group aligned with a former staffer for Sen. Rob Portman is hoping to rally Ohio swing voters against J.D. Vance as part of a national effort to block Republican candidates who cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election.
The Republican Accountability Project is launching a $500,000 digital campaign featuring Republican voters in Ohio who plan to cast ballots for Vance's opponent, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan. The organization hopes to undermine candidates in key states such as Arizona and Pennsylvania who aligned themselves with former President Donald Trump and peddled false claims about election fraud.
"These are people who "don't recognize the party"
"These are all people who voted Republican their entire lives, and they don’t recognize the party," founder Sarah Longwell said. "I think 2017 J.D. Vance would say the same thing.”
Among the group's key backers is John Bridgeland, a Cincinnati native and Republican who worked in Portman's congressional office. Bridgeland decided to support Ryan after seeing Vance walk back past criticisms of Trump and seek his support in the contentious GOP primary for Portman's seat.
Bridgeland also worked in the White House under former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. In a 2020 essay, he said he was "encouraged" by President Joe Biden's election victory.
I will take the help. This is a close race.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-don-t-recognize-the-party-gop-group-launches-campaign-against-j-d-vance/ar-AA11BdQ9?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8bb8b01b13264bdbbdc80eec18897ccf
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there's a whole bunch of MAGAts out there that don't give a DAMN about 'traditional' Republican values - or those 'Republicans' that still have the balls to stand up and say that they support them.
The 'party' has been taken over by people that do not hold the 'values' of the party that we have come to know and expect to work with. These MAGAts are a different animal - and one that should be caged, starting with IQ45!
