Pro-Trump Group to GOP Senator: Repeal Obamacare, Or Else

A pro-Trump non-profit said Friday it would spend seven figures against Republican Sen. Dean Heller if he stood in the way of the Senate health care bill.

LACHLAN MARKAY
GIDEON RESNICK
06.23.17 5:50 PM ET

A leading pro-Trump dark money group just helped Republicans win a huge special election victory. Now it’s threatening to take out a vulnerable GOP senator.

America First Policies, a non-profit advocacy outfit, plans on spending seven figures attacking Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller if he maintains his opposition to White House-backed health care legislation, the group confirmed on Friday. The potential ad buy was first reported by The New York Times.
Such an aggressive strike at one of the Senate’s most vulnerable Republicans would signal a willingness by pro-Trump groups to go directly after members of the president’s party that stand in the way of his legislative agenda.

It would threaten to pit outside pro-Trump forces against the GOP establishment as the 2018 midterm elections approach. Heller is the only Republican facing reelection in a state carried by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton last year.

That tenuous political position likely factored into Heller’s announcement on Friday that he would not support newly unveiled legislation to roll back the Affordable Care Act. “It’s simply not the answer,” Heller said of the bill. “And I’m announcing today that in this form, I simply will not support it.”
That quickly drew America First’s ire, but Brian Walsh, the group’s president, seemed to leave the door open to a ceasefire if Heller changes his position on the legislation.

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