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A Misleading Ad in Heated Kansas GOP Senate Primary

In Kansas’ bitterly contested Republican Senate primary, a super PAC supporting Rep. Roger Marshall inaccurately describes Club for Growth as an “anti-Trump organization” in a TV ad attacking Marshall’s rival, Kris Kobach.

The group, called Keep Kansas Great, charges in the ad that “Kobach’s Senate campaign is being bankrolled by an anti-Trump D.C. special interest group.”

It’s true that Club for Growth used to be vehemently opposed to Trump. The conservative pro-business group backed Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. But it has had a change of heart toward President Donald Trump.

“We’re very pleased with how they’re governing,” Club for Growth newspaper last year.

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