At a press conference announcing his legal challenge to the primary results, McDaniel said that the GOP is "a party that does not need to play the race card to win"<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris McDaniel Opens Legal Challenge in Mississippi GOP Primary Race|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/08/chris-mcdaniel-opens-legal-challenge-in-mississippi-gop-primary-race/|date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> [[John Fund]], a frequent contributor to [[The Wall Street Journal]] asked if this<ref>{{cite web |last=Fund|first=John|title=The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected?|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/381187/flier-got-thad-cochran-elected-john-fund|date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> was the flier that got [[Thad Cochran]] elected. The ad read "The Tea Party intends to prevent blacks from voting on Tuesday". | At a press conference announcing his legal challenge to the primary results, McDaniel said that the GOP is "a party that does not need to play the race card to win"<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris McDaniel Opens Legal Challenge in Mississippi GOP Primary Race|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/08/chris-mcdaniel-opens-legal-challenge-in-mississippi-gop-primary-race/|date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> [[John Fund]], a frequent contributor to [[The Wall Street Journal]] asked if this<ref>{{cite web |last=Fund|first=John|title=The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected?|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/381187/flier-got-thad-cochran-elected-john-fund|date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> was the flier that got [[Thad Cochran]] elected. The ad read "The Tea Party intends to prevent blacks from voting on Tuesday". |