GOP super PAC launches ad tying Pa. Dem to Pelosi on taxes
A super PAC tied to House GOP leadership released a television ad on Wednesday that links the Democratic candidate in a special election in Pennsylvania to House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE’s (D-Calif.) “crumbs” comments on the new tax law.
The Congressional Leadership Fund’s ad connects comments from 18th Congressional District Democratic candidate Conor Lamb suggesting that the GOP tax efforts are a “complete betrayal” to comments Pelosi made that the law is “armageddon” and that the bonuses companies have announced are “crumbs.”
“Pelosi and Lamb. Too out of touch. Too many taxes,” the narrator says in the ad, part of a $1.7 million buy.
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It’s the latest effort by Republicans link Pelosi to Lamb, who has called for new House Democratic leadership. The CLF last month released an ad arguing that Lamb will “join Pelosi’s liberal flock.”
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Republicans believe that hammering Pelosi on taxes will be a winning strategy for them, arguing that attacks on the California Democrat helped them in a special election for a House seat in Georgia last year.
Lamb faces Republican Rick Saccone in the March 13 contest to replace former Rep. Tim MurphyTim MurphyBiden receives endorsements from three swing-district Democrats A federal abortion law might be needed Female Dems see double standard in Klobuchar accusations MORE (R), who resigned in October following a report suggesting that he recommended that a woman he was having an affair with have an abortion.
Trump easily carried the district in 2016, but Democrats are hoping that they can pull off an upset. The Cook Political Report rates the race as leaning Republican.
Democrats argue that their message on the tax law resonates more with people. They argue that the law provides far less of a benefit to the middle class than it does to the wealthy.
Lamb’s “complete betrayal” comment was made on Twitter in December during the Senate’s debate over its version of the legislation. He was retweeting Sen. Claire McCaskillClaire Conner McCaskillMissouri county issues travel advisory for Lake of the Ozarks after Memorial Day parties Senate faces protracted floor fight over judges amid pandemic safety concerns Amash on eyeing presidential bid: ‘Millions of Americans’ want someone other than Trump, Biden MORE (D-Mo.), who said she got a list of amendments being added to the bill from lobbyists.
“Complete betrayal of the middle class,” Lamb tweeted. “We were promised infrastructure & jobs, instead we get big tax cuts for the rich written by & for corporate lobbyists. People in #PA18 are tired of being lied to. We’ll put an end to this hypocrisy on March 13th.”
