Senate Republicans are getting smoked in fundraising

James Talarico raising more cash than ten Republicans is a wake-up call, not a reason to fold. Democrats can pour money into campaigns all day, but Black voters know the party that takes us for granted can't buy our trust forever.

A single Texas Democrat outpacing ten of our Senate candidates combined should terrify every Republican who cares about actually governing rather than posting. Money is not the only measure of a campaign, but it is a measure of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is exactly what our coalition is bleeding right now. I knocked doors for this party for twenty years, and I will say plainly what too many pastors will not: you cannot run on grievance forever and expect the checkbook to stay open. Talarico is a talented young candidate, and talents like his are drawing money because donors believe he stands for something. What do our candidates stand for besides the man in the White House and his daily grievances? Paul wrote that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways, and a party that cannot decide whether it exists to pass conservative policy or to defend one man's ego will find its donors equally double minded. We need school choice, we need religious liberty protected, we need the border actually secured rather than used as a fundraising prop. None of that gets done when the money dries up, and it is drying up because the grassroots can smell the difference between conviction and performance. Fix the message or prepare to explain the losses at your own kitchen table.

A state rep from Texas lapping ten sitting GOP senate candidates combined is what happens when your entire platform is tax cuts for donors and vibes. Money follows enthusiasm, and there is none on that side right now.