"Unfortunately, many of the very people responsible for losing the Senate last cycle are now trying to stop us from winning the majority this time by trash-talking our Republican candidates. It’s an amazing act of cowardice, and ultimately, it’s treasonous to the conservative cause. Giving anonymous quotes to help the Washington Post or the New York Times write stories trashing Republicans is the same as working with the Democratic National Committee.
"If you want to talk about the need to raise more money to promote our candidates versus the Democrats’ terrible candidates, I agree. If you want to trash-talk our candidates to help the Democrats, pipe down. That’s not what leaders do. And Republicans need to be leaders that build up the team and do everything they can to get the entire team over the finish line.
"Ultimately, though, when you complain and lament that we have 'bad candidates,' what you are really saying is that you have contempt for the voters who chose them. Now we are at the heart of the matter. Much of Washington's chattering class disrespects and secretly (or not so secretly) loathes Republican voters." -- epic Medicare fraudster and chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee Sen. Rick Scott (Raise Low/Middle Class Taxes-FL), taking a poorly veiled shot at his fearless leader, Sen. "Moscow Mitch" McConnell (Grim Reaper-KY), and inadvertently speaking the truth about his party's contempt for (and fear of) its voters, amplified by its "poor quality" candidates. (no link to quote -- right-wing media site)The DNC's Rapid Response Director had a rapid response to the Republican warfare just a few months before the mid-term elections:
I simply could not be enjoying today any more https://t.co/CuGHicjux4
— Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) September 1, 2022
We know the feeling.