The MAGA Democrats

The Democratic Party is actually trying to get extreme right-wingers nominated as Republican candidates. What could go wrong?

Not sure why you need five minutes to say “because they’re irresponsible idiots,” unless NPR has the Tortoise Nervosa guy from Night Court¹ working for them.

Alright, here’s the text:

As the midterm primary season rolls along, voters may have noticed a strange phenomenon of political advertising: Democrats paying for ads supporting Republican candidates.

In multiple states – including Colorado and Illinois, which hold primaries on Tuesday – Democrats have been attempting to boost far-right Republicans, under the assumption that they would be easier to beat in a general election.

It's a political gamble, but it has worked in the past.

"This has to be done very carefully," said Claire McCaskill, a former Democratic Senator from Missouri.

In 2012, McCaskill's reelection campaign spent $1.7 million on an advertising blitz during the GOP primary to highlight the conservative credentials of candidate Todd Akin. It was more money than Akin's campaign had spent throughout the entire primary.

"There w…