Yesterday, I published my Guide to the GOP Senate Funding Civil War between the establishment NRSC and conservative grassroots SCF. (If those acronyms mean nothing to you, read the guide!)
Today, Matt Boyle from Breitbart News wrote a piece entitled Gloves Off: Gop Establishment Goes After Tea Party. It led with:
The National Republican Senate Committee, the GOP campaign arm responsible for Senate elections, has decided to use its political power to block consulting firm Jamestown Associates from receiving political work from GOP candidates or incumbents.
Jamestown’s “sin” is working with the Senate Conservative Fund, an organization that supports conservative candidates for the US Senate.
NRSC communications staffer Brad Dayspring, a former spokesman for House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), told The New York Times on Friday, “We’re not going to do business with people who profit off of attacking Republicans. Purity for profit is a disease that threatens the Republican Party.”
This did not go over well with Brad Dayspring.
Dayspring took to Twitter and got into an exchange with Boyle where he discussed private emails. Dayspring mentioned that Boyle had said nice stuff about him in the past.
@mboyle1 And I’ll be the first to acknowledge the Crist endorsement was a mistake. Didn’t spent a $ for him though - spent $2.5M for Rubio.
— Brian Walsh (@brianjameswalsh) November 3, 2023
@mboyle1 Not according to you. I’ve appreciated the compliments you’ve emailed me in the past. Glad I held onto them. Enjoy your Sunday.
— Brian Walsh (@brianjameswalsh) November 3, 2023
@brianjameswalsh Is that a threat? Go ahead put em out there. In fact, if you’d like, we can talk about everything we’ve ever talked abt lol
— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) November 3, 2023
Brandon Darby-fresh from an attack aided by PBS-jumped in.
You’re a major GOP consultant. Publicly threatening reporters with releasing private emails is not wise for you. @brianjameswalsh
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) November 3, 2023
Note to Dayspring : Of course Boyle hass said nice things about the NRSC for past work. Much of it has been good, just as much of the SCF’s work has been good. At the end of the day, people in the NRSC and SCF are actually on the same side, fighting the same enemy.
That’s why this is a civil war.
Boyle is befuddled.
@KurtSchlichter @BDayspring what befuddles me is why they continue to aggressively target the base. You can’t win elections without voters
— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) November 3, 2023
“@KurtSchlichter @BDayspring what befuddles me is why they continue to aggressively target the base. You can’t win elections without voters
5:07 PM - 3 Nov 2013” ~ Amen to that.
The idea is that without conservative primary opponents, Establishment Republicans can continue to betray Republican voters at every turn and still get reelected with the same old tired chant of “You don’t have a choice… rally behind me or the Democrat will win!”.
Roll that through your heads for a second: the goal of the NRSC is to deprive Republican voters of choices, so the incumbent Republicans can continue to work along with the Democratic Party’s goals.