Fox guest calls out the “MyPillow-ization of the Republican Party”
Former RNC Communications Director Doug Heye: “We've attracted these ... cartoon characters”
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Citation From the November 10, 2022, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom
DOUG HEYE (REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST): We could go back to 2010 and 2012 where we saw a lot of these terrible first-time candidates that caused Senate races to fall by the wayside in Nevada, Delaware, Indiana, Missouri. This is why Mitch McConnell was warning well in advance that we have a candidate quality problem. But what we've seen is a real intensification of this problem from top to bottom. Not just Senate candidates, but House candidates, secretary of state candidates, and governors and the like. And it's what I call the MyPillow-ization of the Republican Party, is we've attracted these more cartoon characters. And if somebody speaking at a rally with a president or presidential candidate is best known as a pillow salesman, run to high heaven. Because you're going to see more of these cartoon characters who are trying to make money off of the party, become Instagram influencers and celebrities more than they are about being serious legislators. There is a reason Madison Cawthorn lost his primary in North Carolina. He telegraphed and said clearly, “I'm not serious.”
DANA PERINO (ANCHOR): Although, but the voters did vote them in, right? They chose them. It wasn't just the endorsement, right?