According to a report from the New York Times, the GOP leadership decided to pull the financing on one the Donald Trump’s favorite U.S. Senate candidates after seeing the results from a focus group on his chances of winning over voters. As part of the deep dive Shane Goldmacher did on the run-up to the midterm election, he claims a chief adviser to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) waved the red flag about Blake Masters who was being pushed on the GOP by billionaire Peter Thiel despite his lack of qualifications. Masters, who lost his bid to unseat Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) with the r…