It's apparently all part of a Democratic strategy aiming to help those seen as extremist Republican candidates to secure their Republican party's nomination. The hope for Democrats is that those extreme Republican candidates would be much easier for Democrats to beat in the November general election. Democrats have reportedly spent more than $34 million US to defeat Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Richard Irvin in Illinois. That's also why she believed the Democratic strategy could prove effective in a general election. "It's an awful awful big expenditure of money when you need to defend [Democratic] candidates," he said.

Source: CBC News June 23, 2022 22:50 UTC