A mailer calling Republican Arizona soon-to-be-ex-Congressman Juan Ciscomani a “Mexican-born RINO.” A text message warning voters to “STOP liberals and Fake Republicans from TAKING OUR GUNS,” that praised Ohio Libertarian candidate Thomas McMasters in the Buckeye State’s 10th District where Dem Kristina Knickerbocker felled GOP incumbent Congressman Mike Turner. A robocall proclaiming “There is only one conservative running for US Senate in Minnesota this year and her name is Rebecca Whiting” when the actual Republican nominee – and eventual second-place finisher to Dem Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan – was former Fox Sports anchor Michelle Tafoya.
These are just a handful of the examples collected by CNN’s KFile of pro-Dem sandbagging by sketchy groups with names like Our Heritage Matters, American Forge Coalition, and Patriotic Duty Initiative, the first of which was formed in the middle of October. The boosts for third-party scrub candidates – two of whom got more votes than the Dem’s margin of victory – were enabled by the MAGA propaganda-industrial complex’s favorite Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United.