Leaked Memo: Top Tea Party Group Forced Mitch McConnell To Block Stimulus

Leaked Memo: Top Tea Party Group Forced Mitch McConnell To Block Stimulus
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) speaks to the media while flanked by Se. Roy Blunt (R-M)(L) at the U.S. Capitol, June 10, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senate GOP leaders spoke to the media about various issues including the Bowe Berghdal prisonor exchange, after attending their weekly policy luncheon.. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) speaks to the media while flanked by Se. Roy Blunt (R-M)(L) at the U.S. Capitol, June 10, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senate GOP leaders spoke to the media about various issues including the Bowe Berghdal prisonor exchange, after attending their weekly policy luncheon.. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

As he seeks another six years in office, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has touted his reputation as a true conservative and an unwavering opponent of President Barack Obama. But a newly leaked document written by one of the most prominent figures in the tea party movement claims that McConnell wasn't a strong conservative leader initially when Obama proposed his anti-recession stimulus package—and that McConnell only ended up opposing this signature Obama initiative because a leading tea party group leaned on him to do so.

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