…Club for Growth officials said they’re spending in the five-figure range for the ad and that it will be part of a yearlong effort to undermine O’Rourke with Democratic primary voters.

…At a time when many liberals are demanding ideological purity [emphasis: peanut gallery] from Democratic candidates, the GOP opposition research group America Rising has begun pitching reporters on stories portraying Sen. Kamala Harris as a law-and-order-minded former prosecutor and former Vice President Joe Biden as overly cozy with Republicans.

…Robert Blizzard, a prominent GOP pollster whose firm has been working with the Republican National Committee, said there are countless ways for the party to cause mischief in the Democratic primary — not just with TV ads but with digital and mail campaigns and opposition research.

“The key is to have a Democratic nominee who will be as hated as Hillary Clinton was in 2016,” Blizzard said.

GOP meddles in Democratic nomination with takedown of O’Rourke – POLITICO

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