Democrats Are Spending Serious Cash To Aid Kris Kobach In Kansas’ GOP Senate Race
A group with Democratic ties is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars boosting anti-immigrant crusader Kris Kobach in the race for the Republican Senate nomination in Kansas, the latest example of one political party trying to fool the other party’s voters into backing a perceived weaker candidate.
Sunflower State, a super political action committee that formed earlier this week, is ladling out $850,000 on TV ads in Kansas. The group, which uses a Democratic media firm and a bank owned by a labor union, won’t have to reveal its donors until after the Aug. 4 primary.
The group’s first ad appears designed to subtly help Kobach in his three-way race against Rep. Roger Marshall and plumbing company owner Bob Hamilton. It starts by ostensibly attacking Kobach as “too conservative,” and says he “won’t compromise on building the wall (President Donald Trump’s pet project on the U.S. southern border) or getting tough on China” ― positions that most GOP voters would hardly find objectionable.
It then quickly pivots to attacking Marshall as a “phony” and “fake, fake, fake.”
“He’s been soft on Trump and weak on immigration,” a male narrator says. “Marshall’s been both for and against the wall. He went easy on China, but now talks tough.”
#KSSen: Democratic group Sunflower State is up on TV this a.m. with an all-time meddling classic --
"Kris Kobach? He's too conservative. Kobach won't compromise on building the wall or getting tough on China" pic.twitter.com/quH49WbLz9— Medium Buying (@MediumBuying) July 15, 2020
The ad is the latest example of Democrats and Republicans meddling in the other party’s candidate selection. This year, Republicans have tried to influence the Democratic nomination processes in North Carolina and Texas. Democrats did the same in West Virginia in 2018. In some cases, the interfering parties have successfully hidden clear evidence of their involvement until after the votes are cast in a...
