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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid anyone else see the Betsy Devos ad on CNN? How would that
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be paid for? Does it get around campaign finance laws? I don't understand. If the GOP can afford ads in non election times what hope is there?
LisaM
(27,811 posts)I am not that well acquainted with the ins and outs of the law, but that's what I read.
applegrove
(118,654 posts)onenote
(42,702 posts)The ads are being run and funded by pro-Devos groups. Just as there are ads being run groups opposed to various Trump nominees. If you think the former are inappropriate, you can't defend the latter either.
Florida-Liberal
(5 posts)No doubt I called Senator Rubio to vote no on DeVos. Guess what happened.... Voice mail...Try again later.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)MFM008
(19,808 posts)One on DeVos and 1 on all his nominees.
Wtf? Who wants to see any more ads?
LibinMo
(533 posts)I can't remember ever seeing a political ad for a Supreme Court nominee. Maybe I haven't been paying attention up to now.
Baconator
(1,459 posts)Immediately face palmed...
rasberry
(49 posts)How are these ads even legal? It is just frightening to see ads for cabinet members and for the Supreme Court. The ads sound reasonable and are sure to influence people who will never check anything our themselves.
LibinMo
(533 posts)The ad is paid for by The Judicial Crisis Network https://judicialnetwork.com/
The organization was founded in 2005 to promote the judicial appointees of then president George W. Bush.
Their Wikipedia article is very interesting. They paid for ads opposing Merrick Garland.
pstokely
(10,528 posts)I've seen one JCN ad here on local news, just one, I don't watch cable news
I'm in Missouri. We have one Democratic Senator and one Republican.
onenote
(42,702 posts)I'm not. In fact, I've sent contributions to help pay for those ads. But I'm not so hypocritical as to criticize those who would run ads taking the opposing point of view.
And ads for or against Supreme Court nominees are not new. https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/homenews/news/19830-liberal-group-runs-first-pro-sotomayor-ad
spanone
(135,831 posts)Iggo
(47,552 posts)Why are they schmoozing me? I don't have a vote.
onenote
(42,702 posts)To generate public support or opposition.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)Okay, I guess.
I never noticed this kind of thing for a confirmation hearing/vote before.
Kinda threw me.
onenote
(42,702 posts)The first ads I recall relating to a SCOTUS nomination (although there may have been others) were during the Bork confirmation hearings. Most of the time, the nominations aren't so controversial as to warrant ad campaigns on either side. But even the Sotamayor confirmation had ads pro and con.