Senate Conservatives Fund blasts House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy over Thomas.
Indian American attorney Mary Thomas, who is running from Florida for the US House of Representatives, has got brickbats and bouquets from the Republican Party, which she represents.
The Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) is hitting House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other establishment Republicans for blocking the rise of Thomas, who if she is elected, would get the distinction of becoming the first Indian American congresswoman, reported The Hill.
SCF President Ken Cuccinelli blasted the party’s establishment in an email to supporters Friday that questioned the wisdom of supporting Neal Dunn, a Florida businessman running for the GOP primary in the state’s 2nd district, over Thomas, who has earned praise from more conservative groups.
“The GOP establishment loves to talk about how the Republicans need more women and minorities in office to improve the party’s image. But when a young, conservative 38-year-old Indian-American woman seeks office, they move heaven and earth to defeat her,†Cuccinelli wrote.
“If Mary Thomas wins this race, she will be the first Indian-American woman to serve in the United States Congress, but Kevin McCarthy and his allies want to defeat her and elect a liberal, middle-aged white guy. It’s hypocritical and indefensible,†he wrote.
Cuccinelli goes on to charge that the “DC establishment doesn’t care about diversity†and that McCarthy and super-PACs linked to House leadership are working to tar Thomas as a liberal, the Hill reported.
The accusations come as Republicans spar over which candidate is more tied to former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
ESAFund is currently out with a spot that hits Thomas as a “Charlie Crist Republican,” while SCF just released a new ad calling Dunn a “liberal lobbyist” who once supported Crist.