TeamMitch Campaign Volunteers

Overview

Republican campaign volunteers and staff for Mitch McConnell’s TeamMitch photographed themselves groping and choking a life-size cardboard cutout of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The McConnell campai…

Description

Republican campaign volunteers and staff for Mitch McConnell’s TeamMitch photographed themselves groping and choking a life-size cardboard cutout of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The McConnell campaign defended the incident, dismissing it as boys being boys. The photos sparked outrage over misogyny and simulated violence against a female member of Congress. The incident highlighted toxic attitudes toward women in Republican campaign culture.