Kentucky Republican Matt Bevin’s campaign was quick to criticize Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for voting aye on cloture on a government funding bill on Friday.
The vote preceded another vote that would remove a provision of the bill that also defunds Obamacare, one that McConnnell voted against. McConnell also voted against final passage of the bill.
“Conservatives like Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have clearly illustrated that a vote for cloture is a vote for Obamacare,” Bevin spokeswoman Sarah Durand told TPM in an email. “Once again, McConnell has broken his promises about fighting Obamacare, and instead voted to fund it. Voters in Kentucky will not forgive or forget that in this crucial moment in American history, McConnell sided with Barack Obama and Harry Reid, and against Kentucky.”
The cloture vote passed 79-19 with only Republicans voting against it.
