Ohio Republican Party pulls attack ad after realizing it attacked the wrong person

[RandySF]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Republican Party has pulled an ad that falsely attacked state Rep. Phil Robinson for being sued over an unpaid debt from 1999 after Robinson pointed out the lawsuit actually involved a different person with the same name.

The ad launched on Facebook on Friday, according to the social media site’s political ad tracker. Along with a picture of Robinson, a Democrat from Solon elected in 2018, it read “Phil Robinson can’t manage his own finances… Can we trust him with ours?”

It included a link to a website that’s since been taken down. But the site showed information about a 1999 case filed in Cleveland Municipal Court against someone named Phil Robinson.



https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/09/ohio-republican-party-pulls-attack-ad-after-realizing-it-attacked-the-wrong-person.html

[blm]

1. Donald Trump can't manage his own finances, can we trust him with ours?

[Karadeniz]

5. Yep!

[gratuitous]

2. No worries

Republicans will morph it into a voter fraud case: Did you know Phil Robinson voted twice in 2018? Conveniently overlooking that there are two Phil Robinsons.

Although I can't say I see the advantage of Republicans attacking any Democrat over his personal finances, now that we've all gotten a look at how mismanaged their party standard bearer's personal finances it.

[Claustrum]

3. Um... that's been the republican attack line. Attack democrats for what the republicans actually did

[Behind the Aegis]

4. "The Ohio Republican Party can't manage basic facts... Can we trust them to be honest?"

There is the response ad.

[DFW]

6. Sounds like the Ohio Republican Party is being run by an armed police raiding squad n/t