"Mitch McConnell has a problem – and it’s Donald Trump. Senate Republicans are facing a tough 2020 election with 22 seats to defend and they may be starting to realize Trump is a liability. "
"Mehmet Oz spent months in a Pennsylvania Senate race touting a history of hunting in Florida. But the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed Oz never had a license to legally hunt in the Sunshine State."
#PASEN
Wisconsin physicians today gathered virtually to share a message with Sen. Ron Johnson: "Please stop pushing Ivermectin as a cure for COVID-19, and stop discouraging trust in the safe, effective vaccine that actually prevents COVID-19."
#WISEN
Breaking this am from CNN: "Herschel Walker is getting a tax break intended only for a primary residence this year on his home in the Dallas, Texas, area, despite running for Senate in Georgia."
#GASEN
NEW from WaPo:
-> "Oz was forced to withdraw his work and was banned from presenting research."
-> Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia Eric Rose says Oz asked him to deny reports Oz abused puppies. "Rose said he declined Oz’s request."
#PASEN
where are they finding these guys!?
"GOP Senate Candidate Took Bold Stance Against the Sale of Alcohol… In Wisconsin."
-> "Hovde said that, if it were up to him, alcohol would only be available to people who brew or distill it themselves."
#WISEN
AP: "When JD Vance founded “Our Ohio Renewal” a day after the 2016 presidential election, he promoted the charity as a vehicle for helping solve the scourge of opioid addiction...But Vance shuttered the nonprofit last year."
#OHSEN
#OHSEN
Another massive recruitment failure by Senate Republicans.
Even their top recruit didn’t want to run against Sen. Mark Kelly’s strong record of accomplishments for Arizonans.
#azsen
It’s one of the biggest cost-cutting, prescription-drug price-reducing, deficit busting, climate change tackling bills in history — brought to you by SENATE DEMOCRATS.
Every Republican is voting against it
Whoa. Big
#WISEN
story revealing millionaire Johnson didn't pay taxes
-> "a trust fund started by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson hasn't paid any WI taxes since 2016."
-> "the Oshkosh plastics company Johnson once oversaw hasn't paid state taxes since 2013."
"Privately, some Senate campaign operatives have savaged Mr. Scott, saying they were befuddled by his decision to embark last month on an Italian yacht vacation at the same time that the committee was pulling television reservations in critical states."
@JoeNBC
This is the point of view of someone who lives in a TV studio in NYC, but doesn't understand the dynamics of a campaign.
The truth is that Oz's answers on abortion and the campaign being a "tv show" will be damaging in paid media -- which is the real way debates shape the race
Today
@FlaDems
are joining seniors' advocates in the Villages, holding Trump accountable for breaking his promises and trying to slash Medicare and Social Security.
Wherever Trump goes, Democrats will be there to share the facts about his real record.
#flapol
#sayfie
NEWS:
@DSCC
releasing first
#OHSEN
ad against Moreno.
Even Ohio Republicans don't trust him -- because Moreno is only ever looking out for himself.
More here:
The story of the primary is record Dem turnout
VA: turnout highest on record
ME: turnout "heavier than expected" per election official
CO: 5 times as high as '16
TX: beat turnout in '16 by 40%
MN: smashed '16
NC: 1.3 mil, beat '16 by 200k
TN: crushed '16
NEWS this am at Axios News Shapers event. Larry Hogan:
-> refuses to say he will codify Roe v. Wade.
-> Refuses to say he will support federal IVF protections
-> confirms he will caucus with Republicans
#MDSEN
We crunched some numbers today while the NRSC was throwing their temper-tantrum about the NYT story.
Proud to say the DSCC had more first time online donors in 2022 alone than the NRSC says they've had all cycle.
"An AP review found that the charity’s most notable accomplishment — sending an addiction specialist to Ohio’s Appalachian region for a yearlong residency — was tainted by ties among the doctor, the institute that employed her and Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin."
“Ron Johnson was soundly against even discussing what this bill could do for the agriculture sector in our state and is clearly in Washington to serve himself and those who can pay to play,” Von Ruden said.
#WISEN
Big story breaking here from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"Johnson has been using taxpayer dollars to cover the cost of flights between a Florida family vacation home and Washington, D.C., including nine such trips last year, federal records show"
#WISEN
NEWS: today
@TheDemocrats
are announcing another big upgrade to our voter file: a new, groundbreaking record-linkage algorithm that de-duplicates & integrates millions of records, giving our organizers even better data
@nellwyn
: "this yields more votes"
Brutal
"Walker’s origin story about his food-services company fits a pattern of exaggerations, half-truths and outright falsehoods that dates back to at least the 1990."
"Many aspects of Walker’s biography, however, have collapsed under closer scrutiny."
If Rick Scott has a problem with
@votevets
calling out his record, maybe he shouldn’t have defrauded Tricare and used his office to do nothing but make himself richer
#flsen
#sayfie
#FlaPol
The
@FLGovScott
ad shop is out with a new one this afternoon, criticizing
@SenBillNelson
for “mocking” Scott. “Senator Nelson’s playing dirty politics while Governor Scott is leading,” the :30 ad says.
#flsen
NEW this morning:
@DSCC
filing litigation in Wisconsin to protect voters access to ballot drop boxes.
The suit is part of our $10 million 'Defend the Vote' program opposing GOP voter suppression in Senate campaigns.
More from Wisconsin State Journal:
NEWS: we’re running full page newspaper ads this Sunday in 10 Senate battleground states highlighting the stakes of this election.
The full-page ads read, "If Republicans Take The Senate, They'll Ban Abortion Everywhere. Don't Let Them."
NEW:
@DSCC
greeting Johnson with ad highlighting his self-serving politics
#WISEN
From
@asherman89
: "Johnson is doing nothing in the Senate except looking out for himself, helping his rich political donors and hurting Wisconsities in the process."
MORE:
AP: Democrats target GOP strongholds
#TXSEN
and
#FLSEN
with Senate majority on the line
@DSCC
Chair
@GaryPeters
: “I think they are winnable states with the right Democratic candidate and the right Republican candidate. I think we’re going to have both.”
“the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm has signaled it will use abortion rights as a cudgel against Republicans running in states like Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada and North Carolina.”
These are good polls for Senate Dems -- our candidates are making their own weather and the GOP's flawed recruits are struggling.
But these numbers don't matter, the results we get in 8 days do. Make your plan at and tell everyone you know to do the same.
Senate control is a toss up in our final NYT/Sienna college poll. GOP wins generic control of the body, but individual Democratic candidates outpacing that number -- and Biden's approval rating in their state.
.
@dscc
chair
@GaryPeters
on Val Demings:
“She’s everything Senator Rubio is not: effective, selfless, and a champion for working families – and that’s why voters will elect Chief Demings in November.”
#flsen
.
@DSCC
statement from
@GaryPeters
:
“Democrats have done what Republicans would not do: bring both political parties together to pass an infrastructure plan that will grow millions of good-paying jobs, rebuild America, and help us out-compete countries like China."
While the Trump campaign is bragging about their voter suppression strategy to POLITICO, Democrats are doing the work, winning cases and helping make sure every eligible voter can participate
Nearly 60,000 Floridians voted at early vote locations on college campuses in 2018 thanks to the hard work of
@marceelias
& the
@prioritiesUSA
voting rights team. And we just won another major victory to ensure those locations will remain open this November.
NEWS:
@DSCC
out-raises NRSC for the third month in a row
--> DSCC "has almost twice as much cash on hand as the Republicans."
--> beat GOP June fundraising by roughly $3 million.
Today's my last day as DSCC press secretary. I'm so grateful I got to work in this role, lucky I had great bosses & proud of our wins. Reporters: thx you for listening to me & the work you do, my memory of any disagreements will be that I was right.
@stew_boss
is gonna crush it.
“The Republican Senate hopeful…has, for whatever reason, chosen to dramatically inflate his business record.”
“In doing so, Walker has established a parallel record of demonstrably false claims, many of which appear to bear no resemblance to reality.”
NEWS: today
@DSCC
will launch radio & podcasts ads highlighting Senate Republicans' plan to raise taxes on over half of Americans, including seniors & working families.
Democrats have multiple pathways to protect our Senate majority:
1) defending our battle tested incumbents.
2) we've expanded the map to TX & FL w/formidable challengers.
3) And our campaigns will be bolstered by a favorable issue set, like the GOP's toxic agenda on abortion.
NEW this morning on CNN: Kari Lake says she still thinks 2020 election was "rigged."
CNN: did anyone give you advice to not talk about the 2020 election?
Lake: "No. 2020 election, I think it was a rigged election."
#AZSEN
NEWS from AP: Democrats try to streamline mail balloting
"Democrats are rolling out an expanded online portal that allows people to register to vote and request a mail ballot in their state and even helps digitize their signature on their paperwork."
.
@DSCC
statement on
#NHSEN
: "Even the most sought after potential GOP candidates don't want to run against strong Democratic Senators who are keeping their promises and delivering for their states."
Some quick stats about last night
In
#PASEN
:
--> Democrats had fantastic turnout -- 400k more voted compared to the 2018 Democratic primary
In
#NCSEN
:
--> Democratic turnout also very strong, almost 70,000 votes higher than in the 2018 Democratic primary
NEWS: today
@TheDemocrats
are announcing a massive investment in new, high quality cell phone numbers which will be integrated onto the voter file -- helping our eventual nominee & Democrats at every level contact voters more efficiently
I want to congratulate my North Jersey constituent Dr. Oz on his run for US Senate in Pennsylvania. I’m sure this fully genuine candidacy will capture the hearts of Pennsylvanians.
Wow/huh. $10.8 million to play defense in KY/for McConnell, about double what they're putting down to defend Gardner, who also has the expensive Denver media market. What is going on here.
NEWS: today
@TheDemocrats
are launching the Battleground Build-Up 2020: a multi-million dollar investment across 6 battlegrounds to continue building the infrastructure for our eventual nominee to defeat Trump and help Democrats win at every level.
Wisconsin makes the best beer in the world. Our brewers are an important part of our
#MadeinWI
economy, and I’m proud to be their champion in the Senate.
Cheers to that! 🍻
it's being called a Democratic "turnout explosion."
ID: beat '16 and '08 turnout
MI: record turnout, beating '16 by 30%
MS: turnout increased 20% from '16
MO: turnout up over '16 by tens of thousands
ND: quadrupled '16 turnout
WA: quadrupled ''08 AND '16 turnout
AJC: “As a surge of Georgia voters streamed to the polls this weekend, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock headlined a half-dozen rallies across metro Atlanta. Herschel Walker, his Republican opponent, was nearly invisible.”
#gasen
.
@GaryPeters
🔥
"I wish Rick Scott a good time on that yacht, I hope he stays on that yacht the rest of the break. I hope he enjoys some sun... And in the meantime, I'm gonna be working my tail off, and our candidates are going to be working their tail off, and we're gonna win."