{"id":27999,"date":"2020-03-18T13:58:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=27999"},"modified":"2020-03-18T13:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:58:36","slug":"dont-do-what-we-do-do-what-we-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/03\/18\/dont-do-what-we-do-do-what-we-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Do What We Do, Do What We Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senator McConnell (R-KY), leader of the Senate but in trouble in his reelection race, is looking for a bit of leeway from his probable opponent:<\/p>\n

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s campaign called on a potential Democratic opponent \u2014 former Marine Corps pilot Amy McGrath \u2014 to stop running political advertisements during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmy McGrath\u2019s decision to blanket the airwaves with deceitful ads during the coronavirus outbreak is tasteless and shameful,\u201d said McConnell campaign manager Kevin Golden. \u201cAs Kentuckians adjust their daily lives and schedules to help stem the outbreak, the last thing they need to see on TV is negative political advertising. The McGrath campaign must stop airing all of their advertisements.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGrath has been running advertisements in Kentucky since July, when she first announced her campaign for U.S. Senate. Recently, she has been running national ads on MSNBC and Fox News in an effort to boost her already prolific fundraising totals.\u00a0[Lexington Herald-Leader<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, in Ohio …<\/p>\n

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Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, a freshman senator up for reelection in November, launched a highly unusual new TV ad this week.<\/p>\n

The content was standard, pro-Trump, anti-Democrat fare. What was very atypical was that it aired hundreds of miles from his home state, in Ohio.<\/p>\n