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Conservative Group Backs Grayson in New Ad

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“In a rare encroachment into a Democratic primary, the conservative Club for Growth is airing a television ad that attacks Florida Senate candidate Patrick Murphy for supporting the Export-Import Bank and praises potential rival Alan Grayson for opposing the credit agency for American businesses,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The ad is part of a $1 million advertising campaign by the Club for Growth, a free-market group that casts Ex-Im spending as corporate welfare and is best known for attacking centrist Republicans.”

GOP Hopefuls Court Club for Growth

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“The Club for Growth has long been an antagonist to many in the Republican establishment. But that has not deterred some prospective presidential candidates from that wing of the party from signing up to address the organization’s meeting in Florida later this month,” the Washington Post reports.

“Six potential 2016 candidates have accepted invitations… They are Former Florida governor Jeb Bush; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; Indiana Gov. Mike Pence; and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.”

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