{"id":1970542,"date":"2023-07-12T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/club-for-growth-rakes-in-millions-for-mooney-while-slamming-big-government-rino-jim-justice\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T09:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:30:19","slug":"club-for-growth-rakes-in-millions-for-mooney-while-slamming-big-government-rino-jim-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/club-for-growth-rakes-in-millions-for-mooney-while-slamming-big-government-rino-jim-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mooney&#8217;s campaign cash soars as Club for Growth criticizes &#8216;big government RINO&#8217; Justice."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclub-for-growth-rakes-in-millions-for-mooney-while-slamming-big-government-rino-jim-justice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970542&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Club for Growth Raises $13.55 Million to Support Alex Mooney&#8217;s Senate Bid<\/h2>\n<p>The conservative Club for Growth, in partnership with Protect Freedom PAC affiliated with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), has announced that they have raised an impressive $13.55 million to support Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) in his campaign to replace Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).<\/p>\n<p>The club initially pledged to spend a minimum of $10 million to back Mooney&#8217;s candidacy, but they have exceeded that goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Mooney: The Serious Candidate for Fiscal Responsibility<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The more West Virginia voters learn about Jim Justice, Mitch McConnell&#8217;s chosen candidate, the clearer it becomes that he is a big government RINO,&#8221; said Club for Growth Action President David McIntosh. &#8220;Alex Mooney has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-poop-testing-startup-charged-with-fraud-likened-to-theranos\/\" title=\"San Francisco Poop-Testing Startup Charged With Fraud, Likened To Theranos\">strong track record<\/a> of pushing back on Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-dark-money-groups-unite-to-undo-trumps-judicial-legacy\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Dark Money Groups Unite to Undo Trump\u2019s Judicial Legacy\">radical policy agenda<\/a> in Washington and is the only candidate in the race that is serious about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-crash-the-economy-big-government-style\/\" title=\"How To Crash The Economy, Big Government Style\">promoting fiscal responsibility<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mooney faces competition from other Republican challengers, including Governor Jim Justice, who announced his candidacy in April after being courted by McConnell.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement from the Club for Growth comes on the heels of Justice&#8217;s campaign revealing that they raised $935,035 from 5,526 individual donors, with 93% of the donors contributing less than $100.<\/p>\n<p>Mooney has garnered support from conservative-leaning senators such as Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Ted Cruz. However, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and McConnell&#8217;s PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, have spent months trying to persuade Justice to enter the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Justice Campaign Manager Praises Fundraising Success<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Gov. Justice has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/club-for-growth-rakes-in-millions-for-mooney-while-slamming-big-government-rino-jim-justice\/\" title=\"Mooney's campaign cash soars as Club for Growth criticizes 'big government RINO' Justice.\">received tremendous support<\/a> from West Virginians and those who have confidence in his leadership and conservative record of achievements in West Virginia,&#8221; said Justice campaign manager Roman Stauffer. &#8220;In only 64 days, with no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-justice-raises-nearly-1-million-ahead-of-bruising-gop-senate-primary-in-west-virginia\/\" title=\"Jim Justice has collected almost  million before a tough Republican Senate primary in West Virginia.\">prior federal fundraising experience<\/a>, Gov. Justice raised nearly $1 million and continues to be the strongest Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the Republican contenders intensify their fight, Manchin, the centrist Democrat, has yet to announce his bid for reelection. Speculation has arisen that he may launch a third-party presidential bid with the national movement No Labels.<\/p>\n<p>The movement&#8217;s honorary co-chair will be speaking at a &#8220;Common Sense town hall&#8221; at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, providing further intrigue to the political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about a potential third-party bid, Manchin recently stated, &#8220;Everything is on the table. Nothing is off the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Club for Growth&#8217;s super PAC, in collaboration with Protect Freedom PAC linked to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), has raised $13.55 million for Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) in his campaign to replace Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). Originally, the club committed to spending a minimum of $10 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1970543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}