| “Establishment” pick Monica De La Cruz’s numbers must be slipping, because national Republicans are calling in the cavalry with just 10 days until the TX-15 primary election.
As Monica De La Cruz faces a barrage of bad headlines and attacks from her primary opponents, Kevin McCarthy-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund PAC is rushing in with a new radio ad slamming Republican opponent Mauro Garza and touting De La Cruz. The eleventh-hour help is an embarrassing development in a primary election that is Monica De La Cruz’s to lose — and suggests national Republicans see a real danger that their “rising star” candidate will fail to break 50% of the vote and get forced into a costly run-off election.
They even trotted out an endorsement from former president Donald Trump, earning De La Cruz glowing local press coverage like: |
