The Family Research Council is accusing the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) of "abandoning" two socially conservative female congresswomen who are running for re-election.
FRC says the National Republican Campaign Committee has pulled ad spending from races involving freshman Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann and Colorado Representative Marilyn Musgrave. It was Musgrave who proposed the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2004. David Nammo is executive director of FRC Action PAC. He says whether it was going to give Bachmann and Musgrave money or stop running ads for them, the NRCC sent the wrong message to social conservatives by announcing it was pulling support for the two conservative lawmakers. "What conservatives hear when they hear that is, 'Wow, the Republican Party isn't going to back people who are strong on our issues on the Hill.' And it's also going to frustrate and even confuse the people who want to support these two congresswomen," Nammo laments. "We want people to get out and to vote for these two congresswomen," the conservative activist continues. "They are shining stars on the Hill. They stand for social conservative issues." Writing for Human Events, John Gizzi says the decision to withdraw television ad revenue from Bachmann and Musgrave was not made by NRCC leadership, but by a group of private political consultants known as an "Independent Expenditure Unit." NRCC chairman Tom Cole refused to identify for Gizzi who those consultants are -- but added he may be willing to do so after the election. Musgrave and Bachmann both find themselves locked in tight races. Bachmann had a substantial lead over her challenger before she sparked an uproar among Democrats and the mainstream media with a recent interview on MSNBC in which she suggested that Barack Obama held some anti-American views. (See related story)
FRC says the National Republican Campaign Committee has pulled ad spending from races involving freshman Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann and Colorado Representative Marilyn Musgrave. It was Musgrave who proposed the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2004. David Nammo is executive director of FRC Action PAC. He says whether it was going to give Bachmann and Musgrave money or stop running ads for them, the NRCC sent the wrong message to social conservatives by announcing it was pulling support for the two conservative lawmakers. "What conservatives hear when they hear that is, 'Wow, the Republican Party isn't going to back people who are strong on our issues on the Hill.' And it's also going to frustrate and even confuse the people who want to support these two congresswomen," Nammo laments. "We want people to get out and to vote for these two congresswomen," the conservative activist continues. "They are shining stars on the Hill. They stand for social conservative issues." Writing for Human Events, John Gizzi says the decision to withdraw television ad revenue from Bachmann and Musgrave was not made by NRCC leadership, but by a group of private political consultants known as an "Independent Expenditure Unit." NRCC chairman Tom Cole refused to identify for Gizzi who those consultants are -- but added he may be willing to do so after the election.
Musgrave and Bachmann both find themselves locked in tight races. Bachmann had a substantial lead over her challenger before she sparked an uproar among Democrats and the mainstream media with a recent interview on MSNBC in which she suggested that Barack Obama held some anti-American views. (See related story)
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