Conservative PAC Launches Radio Ad Against McConnell (AUDIO)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and GOP leaders talk to reporters after defeating a $54 billion funding bill for transportation, housing and community development grants because it exceeded the punishi... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and GOP leaders talk to reporters after defeating a $54 billion funding bill for transportation, housing and community development grants because it exceeded the punishing spending limits required under automatic budget cuts that are the product of Washington's failure to deal with its fiscal problems, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Congress leaves for a five week recess Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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The Madison Project, a conservative PAC led by former Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS), launched a radio ad Monday criticizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on a range of issues including immigration reform and the GOP fight to defund Obamacare.

“Career Washington politician Mitch McConnell claims to be a conservative,” the one-minute ad’s narrator says. “Would a conservative have supported amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants in 1986 and 2006? No. But Mitch McConnell did.”

The ad goes on to ask if a conservative would support the Wall Street bailout, broker a debt ceiling deal and undermine the GOP movement to defund the Affordable Care Act, stating that McConnell has supported “big-government policies” for 28 years.

The nearly $30,000 ad buy will run for a few weeks on conservative talk radio in the state of Kentucky, according to ABC News.

Listen to the ad below:

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