Senate Conservatives Fund Hits McConnell on Obamacare With $340k Ad Buy

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 Senate Conservatives Fund just spent $340,000 on a new ad-buy campaign urging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY.) to take the lead in a push to defund Obamacare.

“McConnell is the Senate Republican leader but he refuses to lead on defunding Obamacare,” the voiceover in the new ad says.

The ad, which was unveiled on Thursday, will air from Friday through September 17, according to National Journal. 

The Senate Conservatives Fund has targeted a number of lawmakers urging them to demonstrate stronger opposition to opposing the Obama administration’s healthcare reform law. In August the Senate Conservatives Fund, which was previously associated with former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), launched a statewide campaign in Kentucky meant to make McConnell “feel the heat” on defunding Obamacare.

Watch the new ad below:

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