Amy Kremer, a tea party activist and the former chairwoman of the Tea Party Express, warned that if Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) defeated challenger and tea party favorite state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) in the runoff election for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate the “GOP is done.”
If Cochran wins this #mssen race, the GOP is done. They teamed up with Dems to steal a race. Kiss the base goodbye.
— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) June 25, 2014
Kremer’s tweets came as most of the election results of the runoff had come in. Those results showed Cochran leading McDaniel.
In the weeks before the runoff, Cochran’s campaign sought to win over Democratic voters to defeat McDaniel.
Kremer left Tea Party Express in the weeks before the Kentucky primary to work for tea party candidate Matt Bevin, who lost to Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Later on election night Kremer referred to the Cochran campaign seeking Democrats’ support to win the race.
Sad that GOP establishment has to reach out to the Dems to help keep the Barbour lobbying business profitable. That’s politics ppl. #mssen
— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) June 25, 2014
This post was updated.
Circular firing squad. Reminds me of the great Ross Thomas’s “Seersucker Whipsaw”: https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=FEl8DSN0QSEC&lpg=PT26&ots=I0B8u2-y3H&dq=“clint%20shartelle”&pg=PT139#v=onepage&q=panic&f=false
What does she mean by “done?”
Is the Tea Party going to bolt the GOP?
I love it - LOVE IT!
So, is Ms. Kremer trying to say that once Childers goes up against Cochran, the GOP base is staying home? OK. Cause that works for me.
That’s what I wonder as well . . . . ? Will the Tea Party become a 3rd party? Or, as brooklyndweller posted while I was typing, would they just not vote? Either helps Democrats.
Which flavor popcorn goes well with Schadenfreude?