Mueller emerges as villain in Republican campaigns

Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is emerging as a new litmus test in key Republican Senate primaries.

GOP hopefuls locked in nasty primary fights are increasingly denouncing the Russia probe as they try to position themselves as the candidate aligned closest with President Trump.

The volleys against the special counsel — who has been investigating potential collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign for nearly a year — come at a time when elections in several battleground states have entered a crucial stretch.

Rep. Todd Rokita, who is in a heated three-way primary in Indiana, appears to be the first Republican Senate candidate to include Mueller in a TV spot, telling GOP voters he will “fight the Mueller witch hunt” if he wins.

The ad unfavorably compares the former FBI director, who is widely respected in the Beltway, to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly (Ind.), saying they are using “fake news to try to destroy our president.”

Rokita’s ad is just one example of Republicans trying to outdo each other to be the most pro-Trump candidate in a Republican primary.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/386146-mueller-emerges-as-villain-in-republican-campaigns?userid=229233

More Republican alt facts I guess.