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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 07:27 AM Sep 2016

House Democrats unveil new ads tying Republican lawmakers to Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/13/house-democrats-unveil-new-ads-tying-republican-lawmakers-to-trump/?wpisrc=nl_politics-pm&wpmm=1


House Democrats are unveiling a new set of television ads targeting four Republican House members in tough reelection races, tying Donald J. Trump’s controversial statements to the incumbents’ own political futures.

It’s part of the continuing plan by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to try putting enough GOP-held House seats into play for the majority to potentially flip their way in November. The House Democrats’ campaign arm plans to focus its resources on districts that are anchored in the suburbs and with large Latino populations.

Party strategists believe those two pockets of voters have particularly negative views of the GOP nominee. His proposals to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the Mexican border, while calling Mexicans “rapists,” has driven his disapproval rating very high among Latino voters. Trump’s demeanor on the campaign trail has also made his candidacy toxic among well-educated suburban voters.

Few independent analysts, however, have given Democrats much chance at winning the 30 seats needed to take the gavel away from House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). Part of the reason they think Democrats can’t win back the majority is because some Republican incumbents escaped without a serious challenge before the filing deadlines and Trump’s unpopularity began to soar in some districts...more

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House Democrats unveil new ads tying Republican lawmakers to Trump (Original Post) Skidmore Sep 2016 OP
Tie them to legislation that personally enriched him. House of Roberts Sep 2016 #1
Hopefully Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2016 #2

House of Roberts

(5,119 posts)
1. Tie them to legislation that personally enriched him.
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 07:48 AM
Sep 2016

It's there, I expect, once we know more about his financial dealings.

It's starting to look like the Trump Organization has tentacles similar to the BFEE. If he was in power, those tentacles could grow yuuuge!

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,353 posts)
2. Hopefully
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 07:57 AM
Sep 2016

They are doing this to vulnerable Senators as well. They will all vote in lockstep/prevent accountability for his policies if Trump is elected and they won't be accountable by the voters for another 6 years.

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