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1/ Unanswered question: Why was @SenRonJohnson part of the CODEL to the Kremlin๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ on July 4th๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŽ‡ (he appeared to be a last-minute addition)?
Could #NRA and #RussianRubles๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ convinced him to go?
Link to highly recommended article by @mikespiesnyc:
2/ In 2014, "To get its message out, the NRA turned to an unknown consulting firm, Starboard Strategic, paying it $19 million. More than a third of that money was invested in must-win Senate seats in Colorado, North Carolina and Arkansas..."
3/ Fast-forward to 2016:
Ron Johnson (R-WI) defended his Senate seat in 2016 by fewer than 100,000 votes:
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>Johnson's campaign paid OnMessage almost $4 million, but in stopped in August
>In October, the NRA stepped up, and paid Starboard nearly $200,000 for Johnson advertising
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