The left has lurched so far into radicalism that the specific candidate no longer matters in key Senate races, Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters told Breitbart News Daily this week.
Gruters was discussing Michigan’s Senate primary, where socialist candidate Abdul El-Sayed is vying for the Democratic nomination. Host Mike Slater asked whether Republicans should worry about El-Sayed winning, given the success of far-left Democrats in states like New York.
“Here’s the deal, even if it’s not El-Sayed, the left is so far to the left, it doesn’t matter what the candidate is anymore.”
Gruters said both Democratic candidates in Michigan would be disasters for President Trump’s agenda.
“El-Sayed has more things that he said in the past, but both candidates are disasters. Both would be terrible for the president and working to push his agenda forward,” Gruters said. “And so, yes, I don’t care who the nominee is.”
Still, the RNC chair believes El-Sayed would be the easier opponent for Republican Mike Rogers to defeat.
Gruters warned that Republicans cannot afford to lose the midterms — the stakes are existential.
“We need Mike Rogers to win. We need to win the midterms. We don’t have an option of not winning. We have to win. We have to send up more MAGA warriors wherever, because seriously, if we don’t pass the Save America Act with the president we have, if we don’t get rid of the filibuster, they’re going to do it when they have control, and game’s over for us,” he said.
Gruters emphasized that Republicans must secure elections now or Democrats will weaponize the filibuster the moment they regain power.
The RNC chair also addressed the tight Georgia Senate race, where Republican Mike Collins faces Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.
“Ossoff has $80 million. We’re out there raising the money, trying to help Collins be successful, but that’s a very difficult race. Georgia should be a Republican state,” Gruters said.
He explained Georgia’s late primary put Republicans at a disadvantage compared to states like Michigan and New Hampshire, where early endorsements allowed the party to build war chests and obliterate the opposition.
“It’s not a layup. It’s not a free throw. It’s a three-point shot. We’ve got to win,” Gruters said. “We have a great candidate, but we’ve got to come together now.”
The seat is winnable, Gruters concluded, but victory will take massive effort and resources.
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