Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell will play Santa for you ... on $25 wrapping paper

Have the perfect gift for one of your conservative-minded friends? Perhaps you want to play a prank on one of your liberal family members this Christmas? Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign has the perfect wrapping paper for you.

For a $25 donation to McConnell’s Senate Committee, you can get a roll of wrapping paper featuring the Kentucky senator in a Santa hat and festive bow. The wrapping paper will be available in limited quantities.

“We wanted to give our supporters a fun way to surprise their family and rib their liberal friends this holiday season” said Kevin Golden, McConnell’s campaign manager.

Touting its new wrapping paper, Team Mitch tweeted Sunday taking note of recent GOP success with U.S. judicial nominations, “The gift inside is more judges.”

Many people applauded the idea on Twitter, including one person who said “This is full of Christmas cheer and Republican blessings.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper and Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski were among those who helped garner attention for the wrapping paper.

“This is real,” Tapper said in a tweet that has more than 4,000 likes.

In response to McConnell, the Kentucky Democratic Party is also getting in on the wrapping paper action, but not with Senate candidate Amy McGrath. Instead, they are selling $30 rolls of Moscow Mitch wrapping paper, along with drinkware and ornaments.

“Anything @Team_Mitch can do, we can do better,” the Kentucky Democrat Party tweeted Monday night. “The only gift wrap you need is the one that sends a clear message: Say Nyet to #MoscowMitch.”

McConnell is running for his seventh term in the Senate, and the wrapping paper is yet another creative marketing ploy by those trying to get him re-elected. Earlier this year, McConnell’s campaign began selling “Cocaine Mitch” shirts, which became hot sellers at $35 apiece.

When McGrath, who is looking looking to unseat McConnell from his Senate position, backtracked on her stance on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Team Mitch began selling $25 McGrath flip flops. “Get your Amy McGrath flip flops before she changes her mind again,” their website stated.

This story was originally published November 25, 2019 at 3:47 PM.