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Republican ads are getting personal in the fight for the House majority.
By ELENA SCHNEIDER 08/20/2018 05:08 AM EDT Updated 08/20/2018 10:43 AM EDT
Dramatized police dispatch calls of a DUI arrest. Allegations of sexual harassment. Court filings reviewing failed business investments.
Those are attacks leveled against Democratic congressional candidates in a new Republican ad campaign in recent days part of a growing effort to personalize the midterm elections and disqualify individual Democratic hopefuls early in a bid to save the Republican House majority.
National trends are driving the general direction of the 2018 midterms, fueled by strong feelings about health care, taxes, President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. But with so many first-time candidates running on the Democratic side without the baggage of legislative voting records or controversial positions adopted over a long public career and the political environment tilting toward them, GOP efforts to keep them out of the House may hinge on specific personal critiques, vetting them publicly for the first time.
Thats how Congressional Leadership Fund, the Republican super PAC, is starting its campaign against Democrat Sean Casten in Illinois, blasting him for mismanagement, fraud, greed at his company in a TV ad released Wednesday. (Castens campaign called it false attacks in a statement.) The group is also hammering Randy Bryce, the Democratic nominee in Speaker Paul Ryans district, over a drunk driving arrest.
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)And treason is just a resignable offense these days I guess. Who cares about a DD in light of todays GOP?
Interesting how misdemeanors are such a big deal to the gop when they are such despicable crooks daily. DAILY.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Whom would they vote for?
A Democrat who was caught drunk driving?
Or a Republican who got caught cheating and stealing but is totally against abortion and promises drain the swamp and Make America Great Again?
at140
(6,110 posts)but he was anointed by the Supremes.
Cha
(297,275 posts)the election coup.
M$M accused Gore of leaking it.. silly me.. I thought it would hurt bush.. but, no M$$$M had other plans.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Just not us.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Why do I keep forgetting this?
mythology
(9,527 posts)You're saying it's okay if someone on our side does something wrong as long as someone on their side did something too.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)I was drawing a comparison in felonies and misdemeanors. Big difference. Most misdemeanors are expungeable(?) except for DUIs...they kind of stick out unfairly.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:11 PM - Edit history (1)
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)but IOKIYAR
shraby
(21,946 posts)Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)The fact that Randy Bryce has a DUI and repeated convictions for driving w/o a license gives me pause. Not accusations, convictions
This is one of those situations where I'd vote for him in order to help the Dems take over the House but it would be with a nose firmly held and I'd feel the need to take a shower afterward.