Mitch McConnell Allies Allegedly Threatened Matt Bevin Over Primary Challenge: Report

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) campaign supporters reportedly attempted to coerce Matt Bevin (R) into not mounting a primary challenge against the senator, the National Review reported Tuesday.

According to the report, McConnell allies pressed Bevin to stay out of the 2014 race, allegedly offering the Kentucky businessman "political prizes" if he agreed to not run.

The National Review's Katrina Trinko reports:

“Mitch McConnell’s people reached out to Matt for several months through all different avenues trying to convince him not to run,” the adviser close to Bevin tells National Review Online. “They can pretend like they’re not afraid, they can call him a nuisance, but they were desperate not to have him. Because they are scared.”

“First they tried to threaten him,” the source added, “and then they tried to dangle shiny political prizes.”

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/23/mitch-mcconnell-matt-bevin_n_3642012.html