Senator to supporters: How about skipping a meal to donate?

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

PHOENIX -- Sen. Martha McSally has suggested that supporters could “fast a meal" to donate to the Arizona Republican's campaign as she fights to fend off a tough challenge from Democrat Mark Kelly.

McSally made the request at a recent event in northern Arizona where she said her campaign needs financial help to counter advertising by Kelly and groups supporting the former astronaut's campaign, azfamily.com reported.

“We’re doing our part to catch up, you know, to get our message out,” McSally said. “But it takes resources. So, anybody can give, I’m not ashamed to ask, to invest. If you can give a dollar, five dollars, if you can fast a meal and give what that would be.”

The remark drew critical attention on social media, while McSally's campaign said the candidate was just joking about skipping a meal.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/mcsally-supporters-skipping-meal-donate-72544831?cid=clicksource_4380645_3_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. McSally's campaign said the candidate was just joking

Uhhhhhhhh, repugs don't do "jokes"

[groundloop]

2. Sounds like my daughter after she gets called out for something "I was only joking"

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. +1

[Bengus81]

24. Like Trump, after it blows up in his face.............

[madaboutharry]

4. She wasn't joking.

Her tone was very serious.

After they get called on their terrible behavior republicans always claim they were joking.

[VWolf]

10. Yep

[yaesu]

5. I bet her wall street supporters, you know, the ones that got 9 billion stimulus check, don't need

to skip a meal.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Get 'em to donate an AR-15, Martha! That would be a public service and $ for your campaign!

Oh, also hit Mitch up for a $10MM loan.

[SergeStorms]

7. You'd never get a republican to skip a meal.

That sounds so much like................ activism!

[sfstaxprep]

8. 73 Days Til She's Voted Out

Donors shouldn't skip a meal. She's gonna go down in flames.

[Illumination]

9. McSally is desperate for $ because fraudster Trump is keeping it for himself! "Let HER eat cake"!

[Progressive Jones]

11. Lazy Moocher. Typical G.O.Parasite. nt

[catrose]

12. And if I skip a meal, what is she going to do for me?

Not that I would, lol

[AZ8theist]

20. She'll get rid of your pesky health insurance....

She knows you don't need it.....

[TheOther95Percent]

13. Why Not Sell Your Blood

Who came up with that crazy idea with so many Americans in a pandemic dealing with food insecurity.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. +100!

[relayerbob]

14. She should have made a freaking fortune

off the food lines

[generalbetrayus]

15. If you want to donate to her campaign by skipping a meal,

send her a can of cat food along with a note that you're a senior citizen living on Social Security.

[Warpy]

18. Thank you. I'm not in her district

or I'd do just that.

[Talitha]

16. Hey Martha, they're already fasting - because they have NO FUCKING MONEY!!!!

Ya damned dip-shit!

[Sherman A1]

22. Precisely

[Warpy]

17. Tone deaf twit is totally tone deaf

People are already skipping a lot of meals, trying to make food last as they struggle to feed their kids on unemployment that barely covers the rent or mortgage.

She needs to turn in her human card. She's done.

[CTyankee]

21. I'm so sorry, Sally! I just ran out of fucks to give to your campaign...

but have a nice day...

[Dios Mio]

23. She should skip ALL meals for the foreseeable future.

[paleotn]

25. The sound of a Rethuglican campaign....

running on fumes. That's about as desperate as I've heard in a long, long time.

[Canoe52]

26. Meal team six at your service, ma'am!

[NoRoadUntravelled]

27. Too many Arizona residents are skipping meals already and that's no joke.

But it's not to donate to Republican campaigns. It's because this administration and Republican governors have handled the Covid19 Pandemic so poorly that people can't afford rent, mortgage payments, or food. They're not working.

Food banks are still struggling.

My money goes to food banks and Mark Kelly's campaign.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

28. Too many Arizona residents are skipping meals already and that's no joke.

It's because this administration and Republican governors have handled the Covid19 Pandemic so poorly that people who were struggling before can no longer afford to meet their obligations or to even buy groceries.

Food banks are still struggling.

My money goes to food banks and Mark Kelly's campaign.