McConnell In Another Bloomberg Controversy

The National Rifle Association just sent out a non-candidate approved mailer in Kentucky stating, “‘Senator Mitch McConnell will stop the “gun control agenda” of President Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg'”.

So far, so good.

Unfortunately, the mailer comes right on the heels of a controversy involving Bloomberg and McConnell, or more specifically, his wife, Elaine Chao, who sits on the board of a Bloomberg run charity.

The NRA’s criticism of Bloomberg’s gun control views comes as McConnell was recently forced to answer questions about his wife’s role on the board of Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Founded by the former New York major, the charity has committed $50 million to the Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” campaign, which seeks to close one-third of the nation’s coal-fired power plants by 2020.

Coal policy was been one of the most talked-about issues during Sen. McConnell’s race against Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. McConnell has repeatedly said that a vote for Grimes is a vote for what the Republican calls the Obama Administration’s “war on coal.”

The obvious problem for McConnell is that his wife’s ties to Bloomberg makes the couple look to be more a part of the Washington establish than Team McConnell might like right now going into November.