Pivot From MAGA: Trump Backed Arizona Senate Hopeful Turns To McConnell For Help

By Darren Nagel | Tuesday, 23 August 2022 05:15 AM
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Pivot From MAGA: Trump Backed Arizona Senate Hopeful Turns To McConnell For Help

Blake Masters, the Arizona Republican nominee for Senate, has changed his tune on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, stating he now wishes the Kentucky Republican will suggest financial support for his campaign.

Masters pledged to "find a way to work together" with McConnell to defeat incumbent Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in November.

In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Masters announced he thinks McConnell will "come in and spend" money in Arizona to support his candidacy in the race.

"I think he'll come in and spend. Arizona's gonna be competitive. It's gonna be a close race, and I hope he does come in," Masters announced after a roundtable with construction industry leaders outside Phoenix. "And we'll find a way to work together."

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Masters' comments came one day after McConnell proposed that GOP efforts to win control of the Senate could be in jeopardy because of "candidate quality," a comment interpreted as a direct aim at those like Masters, J.D. Vance in Ohio and Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania.

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"I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate," McConnell announced Thursday amid a luncheon in Florence, Kentucky. "Senate races are just different – they're statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome."

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Noting that he is "not Mitch McConnell's favorite candidate," Masters affirmed that McConnell "wants to win Arizona."

"I think I'm a much better candidate than Mitch McConnell gives me credit for," Masters announced.

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During the primary, Masters called for McConnell to be replaced as GOP leader, saying he'd support Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri or Tom Cotton of Arkansas for the position. He further stated at the time, he thought McConnell was "not good at" legislating.

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"I'll tell Mitch this to his face," Masters stated throughout a GOP primary debate in June. "He's not bad at everything. He's good at judges. He's good at blocking Democrats. Do you know what he's not good at? Legislating."

Masters, who received an endorsement from former President Trump in the primary race, predicted Friday that McConnell will get another term as GOP leader and that no Republicans will challenge him, yet he declared that he would not be a senator who "falls in line to whatever" McConnell says.

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"I think he'll be in charge. And I'm not just going to be a senator that falls in line to whatever he says," Masters explained to construction company officials. "I'll hear him out. I'm happy to listen. But my vote doesn't belong to Mitch McConnell. It doesn't belong to Donald Trump."

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