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“But rarely have we seen those tactics employed with
the kind of zeal that we see today. This White House and its lieutenants
have made an art form out of the orchestrated attack,” the Kentucky
Republican will say, according to excerpts provided to POLITICO.
“They’ve shown they’ll go after anybody or any organization that they think is standing in their way.”Without singling him out directly by name, McConnell will point the finger at New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer for seeking public hearings into super PACs, saying he’s calling “law-abiding citizens before a congressional panel just because they happen to support causes that he doesn’t.”
He plans to add: “You know the drill. Expose these folks to public view, release the liberal thugs on them, and then hope the public pressure or the unwanted attention scares them from supporting similar causes down the road.”
The attacks are an attempt by McConnell to make an election-year argument aimed at painting President Barack Obama as ideologically driven at the expense of the economy. It comes as Republicans are divided over whether to produce their own election-year agenda or simply take aim at the president and his policies.
McConnell wants the focus to be squarely on the president.
In his remarks, McConnell will say that the government uses resources “to intimidate or silence” their critics,” and then he plans to renew his attacks on the administration’s controversial policies calling for faith-based organizations to offer contraceptives and other birth-control devices.
“These things demean the office of the president,” he will say. “They corrode our democracy. And they need to stop.”
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