Mitch McConnell’s leadership PAC announces a $7million ad buy to back Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski after Trump endorsed her opponent as GOP civil war heats up before the midterms

  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s leadership PAC announced a $7 million ad buy Monday on behalf of Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski
  • The Alaska incumbent is fending off a primary challenge from the Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka
  • So far, that’s the only Republican primary McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund is getting involved in 
  • ‘We don’t seek out opportunities to be involved in primaries,’ Senate Leadership Fund President Steven Law told Politico 
  • McConnell, however, has made it clear he’s behind Murkowski – who’s held her Alaska Senate seat for 20 years 
  • She’s been on former President Donald Trump’s bad side since last February when she voted to convict him during his second impeachment trial 
  • Trump jumped in the Alaska Senate race early by announcing his endorsement of Tshibaka back in June 
  • In November, Murkowski announced she would be running for re-election – setting up a Trump-McConnell proxy civil war