Since then, McConnell has taken a back seat as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi negotiates with the White House, and he appears to be unable to bring together enough Senate Republicans to pass any kind of relief for those still out of work.

With less than three weeks until the November 3 election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell literally laughed off the remark, blaming Pelosi for the lack of a coronavirus relief deal — even though the House has now passed numerous relief bills to extend jobless benefits and authorize new direct payments to Americans, while the Senate has passed none. And, of course, the site leads with information on national spending by the Trump and Biden campaigns.
In other words, McConnell has spent $1.3 million on Facebook ads showing up in all 50 states, while McGrath has only spent about $882,000 on ads across the nation.

McConnell’s big spike in FB ads was right before that took place, which McGrath’s was right after. The report was produced by the Facebook Ad Observatory, which is part of the Online Political Transparency Project at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She's covered campaigns and elections for years, including at Roll Call, Mashable and Mic. The American Independent is the No. If you continue to use this site we assume that you accept the use of those cookies. McGrath correctly pointed out that the Democratic-led House passed more relief for the millions of jobless back in May in a bill McConnell refused to put up for a vote in the Senate. McConnell’s ads are about one thing, and one thing only: give me money. The site is full of interesting and occasionally bizarre findings, such as the fact that a single QAnon supporter has spent $72,000 on Facebook ads since July 1.

A Quinnipiac poll conducted in September showed McConnell leading by 12 points. "I think her entire campaign is: She's a Marine, she's a mom, and I've been there too long," McConnell said, claiming that McGrath's purpose in going to Washington would be to make Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer the majority leader.

President Trump’s campaign has spent close to a million dollars on Facebook ads in the state, while the Biden campaign has spent about a fourth of that. — PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) June 9, 2020.

Polls show that McConnell has a comfortable lead in his bid for a seventh term, despite the money that has poured in to McGrath's campaign.
According to their website, “this nonpartisan, independent project is focused on improving the transparency of online political advertising, by deploying traditional methods used in cybersecurity to evaluate the vulnerabilities of online sites. September 19, 2020; The new executive director of EmergeKY, Gretchen Hunt September 19, 2020; ABOUT US. A recent report revealed the amounts both Amy McGrath and Mitch McConnell have spent on advertising on Facebook, and the results may surprise you. The Republican National Convention, of course. It would seem, then, that the new campaign manager, Dan Kanninen, decided to start spending much more on Facebook, because not only did it spike right after the RNC, but even after dropping back, it’s still higher than even the highest amount under the previous campaign manager, Mark Nicholas. McConnell’s contender is fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who is polling evenly with McConnell, as well. A recent Quinnipiac poll found McConnell leading McGrath 53% to 41%, and the most important issues in the race according to voters there were the economy at … Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

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So why is McConnell spending so much outside the state?

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Articles under this author name have been written, edited, and approved by a number of the contributors on this site, as well as the publisher. "His one job is to help America through this crisis right now in passing legislation to keep our economy afloat so that people can make ends meet," McGrath said. And they’re all FREE to everyone!

He knows everyone knows him, he knows at this point he’s not going to persuade anyone. Did you know we have FOUR special newsletters you can get?

And yes, McGrath has outspent McConnell by a substantial amount on FB ads in Kentucky. Forward Kentucky is an independent media organization focused on progressive news and issues in Kentucky. The Project builds tools to collect and archive political advertising data, and makes these available publicly.”.