In the last several days, we’ve seen a variety of Religious Right leaders blast the National Republican Campaign Committee for pulling its advertising from the re-election campaigns of both Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN) and Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (CO), with David Barton trying to save Musgrave himself and the Family Research Council threatening the NRCC that it will cut off its own efforts to raise money on their behalf.
Why is the Right so upset about this decision? Because, as FRC explains, when the NRCC abandons the Right’s “shining stars on the Hill,” they are abandoning the Right:
David Nammo is executive director of FRC Action PAC. He says whether it was going to give Bachmann and Musgrave money or stop running ads for them, the NRCC sent the wrong message to social conservatives by announcing it was pulling support for the two conservative lawmakers.
Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)”What conservatives hear when they hear that is, ‘Wow, the Republican Party isn’t going to back people who are strong on our issues on the Hill.’ And it’s also going to frustrate and even confuse the people who want to support these two congresswomen,” Nammo laments.
“We want people to get out and to vote for these two congresswomen,” the conservative activist continues. “They are shining stars on the Hill. They stand for social conservative issues.”
