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Related: About this forumLooks like Barbara Comstock will stop getting funding from Repug Party..............
Panicked GOP cutting off cash to highly vulnerable candidates as they face midterm bloodbath tied to Trump
TOM BOGGIONI 31 AUG 2018 AT 07:58 ET
With Republicans facing what many are calling a blue wave of Democrats taking control of the House and possibly the Senate the Republican Party is cutting off funding to some incumbents whose races appear to be a lost cause under an increasingly unpopular president.
According to Politico, GOP officials feel that up to 45 Republican-held seats are now at serious risk, and are making plans to shut down support for incumbents whose campaigns are going nowhere and have failed to do much on their own to raise much-needed campaign donations.
This is the time of year when tough decisions have to be made, Ken Spain, a longtime former top National Republican Congressional Committee staffer, told Politico. There are likely going to be a number of unhappy Republican members of Congress in the coming weeks.
According to the report, the party is looking at polling to determine whom to weed out, with Rep. Barbara Comstock (VA), Rep. Keith Rothfus (PA), and Rep. Rod Blum (IA) reportedly on the funding chopping block............
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/panicked-gop-cutting-off-cash-highly-vulnerable-candidates-face-midterm-bloodbath-tied-trump/
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Looks like Barbara Comstock will stop getting funding from Repug Party.............. (Original Post)
riversedge
Aug 2018
OP
Me.
(35,454 posts)1. So Now The Cons Know Where They Stand When Push Comes To Shove
Dave in VA
(2,037 posts)2. Whomp, Whomp....
n/t
Yonnie3
(17,441 posts)3. It's OK Barbara
Just sing along, you'll be fine.
Cos I don't care too much for money, and money can't buy me love
I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too
I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you
I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
riversedge
(70,218 posts)4. kick 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018 #VoteThemOUT