Cruz backs runoff investigation; tea party group calls Cochran ‘scum’
One day after Sen. Thad Cochran was certified the primary winner by the state Republican Party, the denunciations of the 76-year-old lawmaker were particularly vituperative.
The Tea Party Leadership Fund, which claims a membership of 25,000, referred to him as “scum.” An appeal sent by the Madison Project under the name of former Kansas Republican Rep. Jim Ryun labeled the six-term veteran corrupt.
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7/9/14
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