GOP worries about top recruit facing McCaskill
Republicans are grumbling about GOP Senate hopeful Josh Hawley's lackluster fundraising and recent controversial comments, prompting unease within the GOP that the Missouri Republican could cost his party a chance at unseating one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats.
Those concerns have motivated some to go as far as urging GOP Rep. Ann Wagner, who ruled out a Senate bid last year, to reconsider.
Wagner is unlikely to jump into the race so close to the March filing deadline, and most Republicans are still expressing confidence about Hawley, a top Senate recruit who is running in a state President Trump won by more than 20 points in 2016.
Still, the chatter underscores concerns about Hawley, Missouri's attorney general.
“It’s not helpful,” a Republican operative who has been involved in Missouri campaigns said about the problems dogging Hawley’s campaign. “But every campaign has hiccups, curveballs thrown, and this is an opportunity for the attorney general to work a little harder and put [those] concerns to bed.”
The recent apprehension over his candidacy stems from two factors: Hawley’s fundraising and a recent comment blaming sex trafficking on the “sexual revolution.”
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