Tea Party Group Withdraws Endorsement Of Mitch McConnell

Tea Party Group Deals Blow To McConnell
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In its first major campaign finance case since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Supreme Court is considering whether to undo some limits on contributions from the biggest individual givers to political campaigns. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky want the court to overturn the overall limits on what contributors may give in a two-year federal election cycle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In its first major campaign finance case since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Supreme Court is considering whether to undo some limits on contributions from the biggest individual givers to political campaigns. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky want the court to overturn the overall limits on what contributors may give in a two-year federal election cycle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tea Party Nation, led by conservative activist Judson Phillips, has withdrawn its endorsement of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the GOP primary against Matt Bevin.

McConnell's campaign website posted an endorsement from Phillips in May 2013. Phillips wrote on the Tea Party Nation blog Wednesday that the group would withdraw the endorsement, citing a "hugely revealing" report by Glenn Beck that McConnell had allegedly referred to tea party senators as traitors.

Phillips cited the group's support of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as part of their decision to withdraw their endorsement.

"While Ted Cruz was fighting, Mitch McConnell was stabbing him in the back," Phillips wrote.

Though the group no longer backs McConnell, Phillips made it clear in the comments on his blog post that the group would not be supporting Bevin, calling him "at best another Todd Akin."

"As far as Bevin is concerned, hell will freeze before we endorse him," Phillips wrote.

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