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Republicans mount ad blitz on impeachment, making some vulnerable Democrats nervous

2019-12-09

[MSN] Republicans are dramatically outspending Democrats on impeachment-related ads on Facebook and television, illustrating how fully the GOP has embraced the issue as a political winner as public opinion remains split on the House effort to remove the president.

The ad blitz has worried some Democrats in swing districts who are being painted as do-nothing, pro-impeachment radicals. The Democrats have been urging party leaders for weeks to strike back with their own countermessage, to no avail.

Over the past month, GOP candidates have used anti-impeachment messages to try to recruit new supporters, and independent big-money groups boosting Republicans have launched roughly $10 million in ads aimed at Democrats in districts that President Trump won in 2016.

Some of those vulnerable Democrats, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly about private conversations, said party leaders told them the cavalry is coming but shared no firm date.

House Majority Forward, a group with close ties to House Speaker Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi
Nancy <q>San Fran Nan</q> Pelosi

Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...
(D-Calif.), launched a $1.5 million television ad campaign in support of some of them, but it lasted for just two weeks as the inquiry unfolded at the beginning of October.

The difference is especially stark on Facebook, where more than 100 congressional Republican incumbents and challengers and national pro-GOP groups ran anti-impeachment ads in the past month ‐ roughly three times the number of such ads run on the Democratic side, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

Posted by:Fred

#7 Schiff might be unlucky and be running the washing machines in the grey bar hotel

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-12-09 14:31

#6 We could use some of that in my district.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-12-09 13:48

#5 If the dems lose the house there will be screeching about election fraud. Schiff will be running a shadow committee in the minority.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-12-09 09:20

#4 Nancy threw the freshmen congresscritters under the bus to get Obamacare passed. Of which the Trunks took back their seats the following election cycle. Guess this new crop didn't learn they were just as expendable.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-12-09 08:31

#3 Trump should release some of his warchest to win over a few districts.

Posted by: ruprecht 2019-12-09 08:19

#2 Play stupid games ...

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-09 03:19

#1 party leaders told them the cavalry is coming but shared no firm date.

Typo. S/b, "party leaders told them that Calvary is coming but shared no firm date."

Posted by: Lex 2019-12-09 00:47

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