Since Tea Party U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R. PA) recently angered President Obama by using his image in his latest ad, Obama decided to hit back in a new ad for Katie McGinty (D. PA):
“It’s been a long campaign with a lot of back and forth, and I want to make sure there is no confusion,” Obama begins. “I strongly support Katie McGinty for U.S. Senate. Her working class roots define what she’s all about. Creating good jobs that pay a living wage, improving all our schools, protecting Social Security and Medicare, and always standing up for equality and social justice.”
This appears to be a response to Toomey’s use of the President in a new commercial which may confuse undecided or low-information voters about which candidate Barack Obama supports.
“Her opponent will fall-in behind Donald Trump. But Katie will stand with us and fight for us,” the President concludes. “So on Tuesday, stand with me and Katie McGinty. She’ll be somebody we can trust.”
Democrats are taking this race very seriously and Obama’s not the only one telling voters not to be duped by Toomey:
As a result, it’s all hands on deck. The Vice President did his part by stumping in Bristol, a white working class Democratic haven in lower Bucks County.
The VP and the Second Lady were joined by a who’s who of PA Dems, including Governor Tom Wolf, Senator Bob Casey, Senate nominee Katie McGinty PA-8 nominee Steve Santarsiero.
In fact, Biden seemed as concerned with electing McGinty as electing Clinton. We already know he made winning back the Senate his personal goal of 2016 and that he’s cut a TV ad for McGinty.
The Vice President was particularly brutal on Pat Toomey and his reluctance to state whether he agrees or supports Donald Trump.
“When you ask a Republican Senator 10 times in 10 minutes again whether he supports the Republican nominee for president and he can’t answer you, he’s either got lockjaw or there’s something wrong with him,” Biden stated.
He also hammered the incumbent for a new ad that features President Obama praising the GOP Senator. Biden then ticked through the areas where Trump and Toomey agree on policy issues, concluding with climate climate.
“Toomey says the role of human activity in climate change is ‘very much disputed and still debated.’ Senator Toomey, have you acknowledged gravity yet?” Biden asked.
Biden saved his most passionate plea for McGinty at the end when he asserted “she’s got a backbone like a ramrod. She will not bend. She will not break. She will not yield. She will keep her word to you.”
We’re on the verge of winning this race so lets not let Toomey dupe the voters. Click here to donate and get involved with McGinty’s campaign.