U.S. conservative group to launch attacks ads against Biden during Democratic debate

[DonViejo]

JUNE 22, 2019 / 6:02 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Ginger Gibson
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Club for Growth, a conservative political group, will launch new attack ads against Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden targeting his past statements about race that will run during his first debate appearance next week.

The decision by Club for Growth to attack Biden is based on internal polling the organization conducted that was viewed exclusively by Reuters. The ad will air on MSNBC and NBC stations in Des Moines, Iowa, according to the organization. Iowa holds the nation’s first nominating contest.

Club for Growth, whose stated top policy goals include reducing income tax rates, a full repeal of Obamacare and reducing the size of the federal government, will never back a Democrat for president, but it is wading into the Democratic primary likely because Biden poses the greatest risk to Republican President Donald Trump’s reelection bid. Early national polling and surveys in important swing states have repeatedly shown Biden besting Trump in a hypothetical match up.

Club for Growth’s poll found voters are less inclined to vote for Biden if they were told he previously had taken positions that include opposing slavery reparations and busing of school children as part of desegregation systems.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/u-s-conservative-group-to-launch-attacks-ads-against-biden-during-democratic-debate-idUSKCN1TN08S

[beachbum bob]

1. I am SO shocked!

[BlueMTexpat]

2. Surprise, surprise!

[Kaiserguy]

3. We need to find a way

to run an ad against the Club For Greed. Their kind is one the reason that we have so many of the problems that we face today.

[bronxiteforever]

4. They should be called a science denial cult

Founder of the Club for Growth Stephen Moore
June 3, 2016 In an interiew on the Janet Mefford Today Show, Moore described global warming as “one of the greatest propaganda campaigns in world history” and a “dingbat idea,” CNSNews.com reported.
“So, it’s very alarming how this propaganda campaign, that they made this stuff out of, almost completely out of thin air and they’ve convinced millions and millions of thought leaders that this stuff is real.”

https://www.desmogblog.com/stephen-moore

The Club for Growth has opposed government action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009, the Club for Growth pressured Republican politicians not to support a cap-and-trade bill, which the group viewed as being "extremely harmful to the economy."In 2011, the group issued a white paper criticizing presidential candidate Mitt Romney's regulatory record as Massachusetts governor, including his support of global warming policies.In 2017, the group called on President Trump to exit the Paris Agreement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_for_Growth#Climate_change

[OnDoutside]

5. Dem groups should have ads with Trump's concentration camps.

[ancianita]

10. +1000

[Otto Lidenbrock]

6. Lol

There was footage conservative groups shared about Biden saying in 2014:

"You know, 11 million people live in the shadows. I believe they're already American citizens," Biden said at a U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce event in March 2014. "These people are just waiting, waiting for a chance to contribute fully. And by that standard, 11 million undocumented aliens are already Americans, in my view."

So on one hand they want to paint Biden as no moderate but an open borders candidate who supports immigrants to strike fear into their base of white people but on the other hand they want to paint him as racist. Cover all bases.

[marylandblue]

14. The idea is not make sense but to make confusion.

[Peacetrain]

7. VP JOE.. I have your back.. stand tall..

The incoming will be raining down on you from all directions.. I hope this is not used on commercial TV as in buying ads during the debates.. this just makes me sick.. but not surprised.. not at all

[Indygram]

8. At least they waited until Biden entered the race to run an attack ad against him

They ran one against Beto before he even announced because they are terrified of what he did in Texas happening all over the country.

[ancianita]

11. The Club for Oligarchs ... so corrupt they'd end all democratic processes by hook or crook.

In 2013, the Club for Growth super PAC's donors included Peter Thiel, who gave $2 million;
Virginia James, $1.2 million;
John W. Childs, $1.1 million (chairman and founder of the Boston-based private equity firm J.W. Childs Associates);
Robert D. Arnott, $750,000 ( chairman and chief executive of California-based Research Affiliates); Robert Mercer, co-chief executive of Renaissance Technologies and part-owner of Cambridge Analytica, $600,000; and
hedge fund manager Paul Singer gave $100,000.

[NYMinute]

12. This will make Biden stronger

It will heighten his stature as the one Republicans fear most.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. You got to love the astroturf lobby

The growth this group is for is cancerous.

[Cha]

15. Of course they are.