Kentucky farmer, retired Marine wants to challenge Mitch McConnell in 2020 US Senate race

Exellus · Jul 18, 2019

Mike Broihier

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...-mcconnell-in-2020-us-senate-race/1743571001/

Kentucky Democrats will have more options on next year's ballot when deciding who should take on Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020.

Farmer and retired Marine Mike Broihier (pronounced Broy-er), a first-time candidate, entered the race Thursday with a three-minute advertisement that calls on voters to forget their labels.

"It's time to retire Mitch McConnell," Broihier said in an interview with the Courier Journal this week. "We have to do it to restore our democracy, and I've been warned about what he's capable of doing, but it doesn't scare me."

The spot features a diverse group of Kentuckians holding tiny chalkboards with different slurs and descriptions, such as "baby killer" and "hillbilly" and "queer."

"Labels are powerful things," Broihier says in the ad. "For 35 years, Mitch McConnell has used labels to reinforce old prejudices, divide us, to maintain his grip on power."

OP's Note: This is in addition to the announcement of Amy McGrath (D), who argued that McConnell needs to go because he's hindering things Trump is trying to do. She raised over $2.5 million in 2 weeks IIRC.

PLEASE HELP US DITCH MITCH!

Signed,

A pissed off Kentucky Liberal

Edit:

Here's his website:

https://www.mikeforky.com/

Nassudan · Jul 18, 2019

A wet fart is better than Mitch.

lmcfigs · Jul 18, 2019

Best of luck to him.

YamchasRevenge · Jul 18, 2019

Hope he's better than McGrath who seems like a dumpster fire rn.

ultracal31 · Jul 18, 2019

Literally everyone posting here would be a better candidate than the turtle

Transistor · Jul 18, 2019

I'd like to think there are some real challengers here against turtle

I'd like to think.

cameron · Jul 18, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuwJxze39N4

Geg · Jul 18, 2019

Exellus said:
This is in addition to the announcement of Amy McGrath (D), who argued that McConnell needs to go because he's hindering things Trump is trying to do.

Wait huh

HamSandwich · Jul 18, 2019

I would vote for a ham sandwich over Mitch if I lived in KY.

TheMan · Jul 18, 2019

YamchasRevenge said:
Hope he's better than McGrath who seems like a dumpster fire rn.

can you explain?

WarMacheen · Jul 18, 2019

I would rather he challenge Mitch to a celebrity boxing match

Deleted member 57378 · Jul 18, 2019

Geg said:
Wait huh

Gotta know your audience

Boiled Goose · Jul 18, 2019

TheMan said:
can you explain?

She's a Democrat running as Republican light which is a horrible losing strategy.

And if you win it's still a loss.

LudicrousSpeed · Jul 18, 2019

TheMan said:
can you explain?

McGrath's basic pitch for her candidacy was "Mitch McConnell is doing a shitty job of implementing the things Trump wants". She's worried about the current slate of Presidential candidates being too far left, and she said at first she would have voted for Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court before someone explained how bad that was and she had to retract it.

Reminder, she's running for the Democratic nomination, not challenging Mitch for the Republican nomination.

Exellus · Jul 18, 2019

LudicrousSpeed said:
McGrath's basic pitch for her candidacy was "Mitch McConnell is doing a shitty job of implementing the things Trump wants". She's worried about the current slate of Presidential candidates being too far left, and she said at first she would have voted for Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court before someone explained how bad that was and she had to retract it.

Reminder, she's running for the Democratic nomination, not challenging Mitch for the Republican nomination.

Yeah..............I do not see that going well in the general...... Like.....if they want a R they just vote for McConnell you know?

Powdered Egg · Jul 18, 2019

Geg said:
Wait huh

Progressive politics won't work everywhere. A (D) winning is all that matters.

Bakercat · Jul 18, 2019

As a Kentuckian, I hope He wins. Sadly, Mitch ain't going nowhere. I'm just hoping atm that Bevin gets shitcanned.

Exellus · Jul 18, 2019

Powdered Egg said:
Progressive politics won't work everywhere. A (D) winning is all that matters.

This guy has better politics AND is more likely to win. I think so.

manchego obfuscator · Jul 18, 2019

LudicrousSpeed said:
McGrath's basic pitch for her candidacy was "Mitch McConnell is doing a shitty job of implementing the things Trump wants". She's worried about the current slate of Presidential candidates being too far left, and she said at first she would have voted for Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court before someone explained how bad that was and she had to retract it.

Reminder, she's running for the Democratic nomination, not challenging Mitch for the Republican nomination.

not sure which explanation for the Kavanaugh flip-flop is worse: that she didn't have a prepared explanation for the Kavanaugh question, even though it would obviously be a huge issue in the race, and she said off-the-cuff that she would have supported him even though it contradicted everything she said on the subject last year; or that her highly paid DC consultants advised her to say that she would have supported Kavanaugh, even though that contradicted her own past statements, but somehow failed to anticipate that this would result in a massive backlash from national Dems that would force her into (another) embarrassing flip-flop on the subject.

and while I don't expect her to run on a far-left platform in KY, I have no idea who "I'd be more effective at passing Trump's agenda than Kavanaugh" is supposed to appeal to; it'll demotivate voters who don't like Trump while failing to convince any of the MAGA crowd.

SaberVS7 · Jul 18, 2019

Powdered Egg said:
Progressive politics won't work everywhere. A (D) winning is all that matters.

chuckles in Lieberman

Deleted member 8257 · Jul 18, 2019

McGrath is not going to win so this is good news.

Netherscourge · Jul 18, 2019

The only good news is that if McConnell loses, the person taking his seat won't be elected the Senate Leader, regardless of their party affiliation.

Turtle has been blocking floor votes almost altogether unless it's got Trump's support retroactively.

Sure some asshole dinosaur Republican from another state might get the nod, if they hold the majority, but there's always hope with a different person there.

Exellus · Jul 18, 2019

Netherscourge said:
The only good news is that if McConnell loses, the person taking his seat won't be elected the Senate Leader, regardless of their party affiliation.

Turtle has been blocking floor votes almost altogether unless it's got Trump's support retroactively.

Sure some asshole dinosaur Republican from another state might get the nod, if they hold the majority, but there's always hope with a different person there.

Well, this farmer is a Dem, so hopefully the Senate Leader is a democrat after 2020, lol.

jack_package_200 · Jul 18, 2019

Godspeed

samoyed · Jul 18, 2019

I was actually hoping he'd be Republican to stand a greater chance.

But yes, please, godspeed.

Jadentheman · Jul 18, 2019

Powdered Egg said:
Progressive politics won't work everywhere. A (D) winning is all that matters.

Oh yes the good ole 50 state strategy. That won't help the dem party moving forward

Strike · Jul 18, 2019

If there's any chance we could pry his old, decrepit hands from the levers of power we should take it. Let's make some turtle soup.

jeelybeans · Jul 18, 2019

Jadentheman said:
Oh yes the good ole 50 state strategy. That won't help the dem party moving forward

Would you rather 10 Democrats and 90 Republicans in the Senate or 10 progressive Democrats, 50 moderates Democrats, and 40 Republicans?

LycanXIII · Jul 18, 2019

Well, at least he's looking better than McGrath right now. She would be destroyed in the Primary when Trump supports McConnell.

Camwi · Jul 18, 2019

It'd be nice if he won, but much like IronStache trying to take Paul Ryan's old seat, it's so fucking hard to pull these people away from their brainwashed ways.

SaberVS7 · Jul 18, 2019

jeelybeans said:
Would you rather 10 Democrats and 90 Republicans in the Senate or 10 progressive Democrats, 50 moderates Democrats, and 40 Republicans?

50 D's are worthless if they're all voting R.

SatelliteOfLove · Jul 18, 2019

Chance of winning: non-zero, but not good by any means.

Chance of eating up resources that are needed in the easier Senate races? Much better.

Jadentheman said:
Oh yes the good ole 50 state strategy. That won't help the dem party moving forward

2014 called, it wants its tactics-over-strategy back.

Camwi said:
It'd be nice if he won, but much like IronStache trying to take Paul Ryan's old seat, it's so fucking hard to pull these people away from their brainwashed ways.

He was actually doing real well....

...until Spinelss Fraud Extrordinaire Ryan announced his retirement and he washed out against some no-name businessman.

LycanXIII · Jul 18, 2019

I can't wait for Matt Jones to enter the race and go for the UK fanbase votes.

Quixzlizx · Jul 18, 2019

SaberVS7 said:
chuckles in Lieberman

Wasn't Lieberman an (I) after losing the primary?

devenger · Jul 18, 2019

Challenge him to a cage match instead.

Deleted member 20630 · Jul 18, 2019

SaberVS7 said:
50 D's are worthless if they're all voting R.

This. How much longer are we gonna keep pretending that democrats will be successful by meeting Rs half-way, or that that's even good for this country?

Bad_Boy · Jul 18, 2019

Mcgrath sounds pretty bad... so i hope for this guy thus far

Mariachi507 · Jul 19, 2019

Thank God, another option besides McGrath. She wants to follow the whole, "let's run a confusing campaign that caters towards conservatives" stupid shit that cost us last time.

danm999 · Jul 19, 2019

Running as a Democrat arguing McConnell is opposing Trump too much sure is some galaxy brain shit from McGrath so I hope this guy does well.

Geg · Jul 19, 2019

Powdered Egg said:
Progressive politics won't work everywhere. A (D) winning is all that matters.

I mean yeah that's true but... is anyone actually going to believe McConnell has been impeding trump?

Sunster · Jul 19, 2019

has a dem ever held a statewide seat in Kentucky?

Grimminski · Jul 19, 2019

Geg said:
I mean yeah that's true but... is anyone actually going to believe McConnell has been impeding trump?

The white people voting for McConnell believe Illhan Omar isn't a US citizen.

Vibranium · Jul 19, 2019

Doesn't matter if he has no chance against the turtle, he seems like a far better Dem to run in the seat. Hope he gets the nod.

iRAWRasaurus · Jul 19, 2019

Sunster said:
has a dem ever held a statewide seat in Kentucky?

Yeah. But he was corrupted and said important military info that could or did get Americans killed during ww2.

Madison · Jul 19, 2019

hopefully this means that McGrath can be forgotten

Sunster · Jul 19, 2019

iRAWRasaurus said:
Yeah. But ~~he was corrupted and said important military info that could or did get Americans killed~~ during ww2.

ahh, so before the parties flipped in the 60's. meaning a dem has never held a statewide seat in Kentucky.

Mariachi507 · Jul 19, 2019

Yeah, McGrath has already lost this race. Zero chance of ditching Mitch if she is the main candidate.

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