Linda McMahon's triumph in the Connecticut Republican primary election for Senate Tuesday night for Democrats to throw her past as a pro wrestling CEO in her face, in a volley of attacks that is unlikely to cease until election day in November.
“Today the party of Bob Dole, Jack Kemp and Richard Lugar nominated a candidate who kicks men in the crotch, thinks of scenes of necrophilia as ‘entertainment,’ and runs an operation where women are forced to bark like dogs. This is what has become of the once grand old party,” said Hari Sevugan, national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee.
Sevugan sent out links to three videos on YouTube related to World Wrestling Entertainment, which McMahon was in charge of until 2009.
It's an attempt to define McMahon right out of the box after the primary, as more in the media and the public pay attention to a party's nominee or take a fresh look. Rand Paul, the Republican in Kentucky, endured several days of heavy criticism and bad media after his primary win in May, helping his Democratic opponent Jack Conway