Bysiewicz uses McMahon to raise primary $$$. Chris Murphy who?

Ex-Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz’s campaign recently contacted supporters for donations.

Bysiewicz lost the Democratic Party’s endorsement for U.S. Senate to U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, but earned enough support at the May 12 convention to engage Murphy in a primary in August.

But you wouldn’t know Bysiewicz’s status from the email, which mentioned neither the primary nor Murphy. Instead the message focused on Republican Linda McMahon, whom the GOP endorsed Friday.

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Dear ——,

They’re becoming impossible to avoid.

Linda McMahon’s television ads, that is. It’s only May, and she’s already flooding the airwaves.

Just two years ago, McMahon funneled $50 million of her own money into her first failed bid for the United States Senate. Now the wrestling tycoon who spent decades peddling misogyny and violence to children is back for a second shot at the Senate.

And the Republican Party is lining up right behind her. On Friday, McMahon won the endorsement of the Connecticut Republican Party at their nominating convention. That means they will be doing everything in their power to make McMahon the next person to represent Connecticut in the United States Senate.

We can’t let that happen. Can you contribute $5, $10 or $15 today to help me get my message out to voters in Connecticut?

The most troubling thing about Linda McMahon’s television ads is that you could watch ten of them and still not realize how much of a threat she poses to progress.

What McMahon’s commercials don’t say is that she is committed to preserving the tax loophole that lets our country’s wealthiest pay a lower tax rate than most middle class families. And that she would have voted to pass the Blunt Amendment, allowing any employer to stop covering birth control under their health insurance plan.

Connecticut deserves better than Linda McMahon. Will you chip in $5, $10 or $15 today so that I can continue to compete against Linda McMahon’s millions?

After the nominating convention on Friday, Linda McMahon told reporters that in this election, our state is “going to send the first woman Senator to Washington in the history of Connecticut”.

She and I both agree on that fact. But I think we’re talking about different women.

Thank you for everything you are doing to support my campaign!

Brian Lockhart