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A pair of Democratic strategists are trying to recruit high-dollar donors to fund a 2020 campaign that will attempt to boost Democratic Senate prospects by going all-in on “Moscow Mitch,” as the group gleefully dubs Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Party Majority PAC is convinced that it can revive Russian election-meddling fears, and McConnell’s ostensible obstinance in addressing them, to damage Republican prospects for holding the Senate next year.