Don Blankenship comes out with new racist attack on Mitch McConnell’s family – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] Don Blankenship, Republican candidate for Senate in West Virginia, is doubling down on his racist attack on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his family in a new ad that is expected to start airing Friday. “Swamp captain Mitch McConnell has created millions of jobs for Chinapeople,” Blankenship says in the ad. “While doing so, Mitch has gotten rich. In fact, his China family has given him tens of millions of dollars.” The ad ends with Blankenship holding two young girls and saying, “I will beat Joe Manchin and ditch ‘Cocaine Mitch’ for the sake of the kids.” What in the world did I just watch pic.twitter.com/4eudpGAxp0 — Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) May 3, 2018 Blankenship coined the “Cocaine Mitch” nickname earlier this week, saying it was because of a 2014 article in The Nation reporting cocaine was found on a ship belonging to McConnell’s father-in-law’s company. McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, is Chinese American and currently serves as secretary of transpo...