Bring on the thunder:
Two organizations are teaming up to take a swing at Marco Rubio over Social Security.
Senate Majority PAC and AFSCME PEOPLE released a new ad campaign Wednesday highlighting Rubio’s position on Medicare and Social Security. The 30-second spot is meant to point out Rubio’s calls for cuts to Social Security and votes to privatize Medicare, according to the Senate Majority PAC.
“Marco Rubio’s reckless plans for Social Security and Medicare might be great for his campaign contributors, but they’re wrong for Florida,” said Shripal Shah, a spokesman for Senate Majority PAC, in a statement. “Rubio’s agenda is just further proof that for him, his political ambitions and campaign contributors always come first.”
The 30-second spot — called “Weakens Us” — claims Rubio is supporting the changes because they would support the insurance industry.
“Marco Rubio wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare because he said they’re bankrupting our country. But that’s what politicians say when the insurance industry bankrolls their campaigns. Marco Rubio’s taken almost $1 million from the insurance industry, which would profit from his privatization plans,” a narrator says in the advertisement. “It’s not the programs that have weakened us, it’s the politicians who put profits ahead of us.”
Rubio faces Rep. Patrick Murphy in the November general election. The race is one of several closely watched races across the country, and could be key to determining control of the U.S. Senate. Outside groups, including the Senate Majority PAC, have already committed to spending a substantial sum in Florida.
Here’s the ad from AFSCME People:
Considering FLorida’s large Senior Citizens population, this should really sting. Meanwhile, Rep. Patrick Murphy’s (D. FL) U.S. Senate campaign picked up another endorsement:
The political action committee that formed in the wake of the Orlando shooting massacre at Pulse nightclub is endorsing Democrat Patrick Murphy in Florida's U.S. Senate race.
Jason Lindsay, executive director of the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, said Murphy supports the kind of "common-sense" gun regulations Americans -- including a majority of gun owners -- want.
"I firmly believe the types and legality of the weapons that I carried on the streets of Baghdad don’t belong on the streets of America," said Lindsay, who said he is an Iraq War veteran who served in the U.S. Army Reserves.
On a conference call with reporters this morning, Murphy, a two-term congressman from Jupiter, said Congress should pass expanded background checks and close what's known as the "terrorist loophole," which allows individuals suspected to be terrorists to purchase guns. A measure to close the loophole failed in June after the Orlando shooting.
Murphy and Lindsay both criticized Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for "consistently voting against" gun-control proposals, including after the Pulse shooting.
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