Thread by @EamonJavers

Scott Reed, the senior political strategist at the US Chamber of Commerce, confirms @maggieNYT reporting that he has resigned, due to the “leftward movement and constant Trump bashing of the Chamber.”

Reed says the Chamber’s Tom Donohue and Suzanne Clark blocked him from spending money on Senate GOP races: “They would not let me spend Senate money down the home stretch,” he said.

Reed says the campaign funds at issue would have been “enough to hold the Senate GOP,” but he was not allowed to spend it. A US Chamber spokesman says it will have a statement out shortly on this.

Reed says his departure has been building, + predicts an exodus of similarly minded Republicans. He says this story about the Chanber scrambling to smooth over its relationships with Democrats ahead of a possible Senate takeover “broke my back:” politico.com/amp/news/2020/…

Now the US Chamber is disputing Reed’s account of his departure, saying instead that it “terminated the consulting contract of Senior Political Strategist Scott Reed for cause, effective immediately.”

The Chambwr says in its statement: “An internal review has revealed that Reed repeatedly breached confidentiality, distorted facts for his own benefit, withheld information from Chamber leadership and leaked internal information to the press.”

More from the Chamber: “We have the documentation of his actions and it is irrefutable. Our decision is not based on a disagreement over political strategy but rather it is the result of Reed's actions.” Chamber says it will announce next round of political spending tomorrow.

And now Reed disputes the Chamber’s account of events to me, saying simply: “I quit.”

Reed predicts the Chamber will pull funding from three vulnerable GOP senators tomorrow: Joni Ernst in Iowa, Thom Tillis in North Carolina, and Susan Collins in Maine. “The Chamber had been engaged,” he said. But now they are “walking off the field.”