Ad Roundup:
● MO-Sen: End Citizens United puts $900,000 behind a spot attacking Republican Sen. Roy Blunt for living it up at resorts on lobbyists’ dime, noting several members of his family are lobbyists themselves.
● MO-Sen: Democrat Jason Kander talks to the camera, arguing he can help Missouri clean up what’s wrong with Washington by replacing the people running it.
● CA-07: The Congressional Leadership Fund uses scary images to argue Democratic Rep. Ami Bera supported the Iran Deal, putting American national security at risk.
● CO-06: House Majority PAC highlights Republican Rep. Mike Coffman’s right-wing record, particularly from before redistricting made his dark-red seat swingy in 2012, to argue he was an extremist even before there was Trump.
● MN-02: The NRCC attacks Democrat Angie Craig over Obamacare.
● MN-03: Democrat Terri Bonoff once again hits Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen for standing by Donald Trump, this time until only after Trump’s most recent implosion, although Bonoff doesn’t specifically mention Trump’s bragging about sexual assault on video.
● MN-08: The Congressional Leadership Fund attacks Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan over ISIS, disgustingly criticizing him for wanting to bring refugees from “ISIS war zones” to America, which it of course doesn’t acknowledge they are the civilians fleeing ISIS’ death and destruction. They also attack Nolan over the Iran deal, and taken together, this is just the blatantly Islamophobic scaremongering we have come to expect from national Republican groups, especially considering Shia-dominated Iran and Sunni-dominated ISIS are mortal enemies.
● NV-03: The Congressional Leadership Fund uses a literal puppet to lambast Democrat Jacky Rosen for being a pawn on the strings of Democratic insiders and special interests in Washington.
● NV-04: The DCCC once again hits Republican Rep. Cresent Hardy for completely standing behind Trump, replaying Hardy’s awful comment that the disabled are “a drain on society,” and that he wants to cut Social Security. Meanwhile, the NRCC hits back at Democrat Ruben Kihuen as a corrupt insider.
● NY-01: The Congressional Leadership Fund disgustingly uses Islamophobic undertones to hit Democrat Anna Throne-Holst for wanting to give Guantanamo prisoners due process and supporting the Iran deal.
● NY-22: The NRCC once again uses ISIS to fearmonger against Democrat Kim Myers, promising Republican Claudia Tenney will stand up to Democrats while touting her as a conservative. Ads like this are a pretty clear sign national Republicans fear not just Myers, but also Republican-leaning independent Martin Babinec, who could potentially play spoiler for Tenney.
● NY-24: The Congressional Leadership Fund hits Democrat Colleen Deacon over ISIS, using an out-of-context quote where she says, “Obviously, I don’t know what the answer is,” but of course neglects the part of that interview where she actually went into detail about some possible solutions to combating terrorism.
● PA-16: Democrat Christina Hartman uses the full clip of Trump’s "grab them by the p****" remarks, where he bragged about being able to commit sexual assault, and attacks Republican Lloyd Smucker with a clip of him enthusiastically endorsing Trump.
● TX-23: The Congressional Leadership Fund slams Democratic ex-Rep. Pete Gallego for letting down our veterans.
● VA-10: House Majority PAC excoriates Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock as too extreme, using her opposition to abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and voting to defund Planned Parenthood. The Congressional Leadership Fund uses a frenetic, carnival-sounding ad to claim Democrat LuAnn Bennett wants to raise taxes.