June 3, 2022 Press Releases

DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: DSCC & PA DEMS ON OFFENSE AGAINST OZ & MCCORMICK – FALSE NRSC AD PULLED IN NC – WI COORDINATED CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED AS ROJO FACES HEAT

DSCC ON OFFENSE IN PA – TWO NEW ADS SLAM MCCORMICK & OZ AS PA GOP REMAIN LOCKED IN NEVER-ENDING INTRA-PARTY FIGHT. With the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary mired in chaos and now stuck in a “bruising legal fight,” the DSCC launched our general election message against both candidates – releasing new videos on Mehmet Oz (Showtime) and David McCormick (Has Its Price) highlighting how both candidates have no place representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate.

Axios: Pa. Dems launch two campaigns as GOP recount drags. “Senate Democrats’ campaign arm isn’t waiting for a recount in the Republican primary between Dave McCormick and Mehmet Oz. It’s launching a general election campaign now — against both — officials tell Axios.”

The Hill: Senate Democrats targeting McCormick, Oz ahead of recount. “‘While Republicans remain locked in their never-ending, intra-party fight, Democrats are wasting no time in ensuring voters know that neither scam artist Mehmet Oz nor Wall Street insider David McCormick can be trusted to represent Pennsylvania in the Senate,’ said DSCC spokesperson Patrick Burgwinkle.”

New York Times: In Pennsylvania, Democrats aren’t waiting for a race call to attack Oz and McCormick. “The Democrats’ Senate campaign arm released prototypes of attack ads against both candidates on Thursday, leaning into the theme that Dr. Oz, the celebrity physician, and Mr. McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, are out-of-state carpetbaggers.”

… AND PA DEMS, SEN. BOB CASEY CALL OUT “DAMAGED GOODS” OZ AND MCCORMICK. Senator Bob Casey joined Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Nancy Patton Mills for a virtual press conference to highlight how neither scam artist Mehmet Oz or Wall Street insider David McCormick can be trusted to represent Pennsylvania in the Senate. The press conference kicked off a series of Pennsylvania Democratic Party events across different areas of the state in the weeks ahead, highlighting how both McCormick and Oz are “damaged goods,”

POLITICO: Mister Rogers no more: Bob Casey is feeling good about John Fetterman’s return to the campaign trail — and savaging the national GOP. “Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) said he’s confident Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic Senate nominee, will return from his stroke to flip the seat this fall — and he hammered the Republican Party for lacking an agenda for what they would do if they regain control of government.”

Philadelphia Inquirer: Pennsylvania Democrats rally against Oz and McCormick. “Bob Brady… said at a press conference that was part of a series of party events to attack the GOP Senate candidates: “The people of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania are not going to be fooled by two carpetbaggers.” State Sen. Nikil Saval called David McCormick “a poster child for the 1%” and Mehmet Oz a fraudster.”

NC TV STATION PULLS NRSC AD WITH FALSE SMEARS AGAINST BEASLEY. In a rare move, North Carolina television stations removed an attack ad from the NRSC because it contained “false” statements about Cheri Beasley’s record.

CBS News: TV stations take down inflammatory GOP ad about North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley in response to complaints about inaccuracy. “‘The defendant was not set free by the ruling as the ad claims. CMG will not run the ad when it contains a false statement on material issue. This ad has been removed from airing,’ wrote a representative for WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV in Charlotte, N.C., in a letter first obtained by CBS News.”

WE’VE HIT TURBULENCE – ROJO HIT WITH ETHICS COMPLAINTS OVER TAX-PAYER DOLLARS, IS “FACING A SLEW OF NEGATIVE HEADLINES.” It was another brutal week for Ron Johnson who was hit with anethics complaint for spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on vacation travel from his family’s Florida vacation home, and is “facing a slew of negative headlines” that are “complicating what was already expected to be a tough race for the two-term senator.”

The Hill: Emboldened Democrats eye Ron Johnson amid new controversies. “Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is facing a slew of negative headlines ahead of his reelection bid later this year, potentially complicating what was already expected to be a tough race for the two-term senator.”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Complaint filed against Ron Johnson over flights from Florida. “A Madison-based Democratic activist has filed a complaint over Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s use of taxpayer dollars to cover the cost of flights between a Florida family vacation home and Washington, D.C., including nine flights last year.”

Wisconsin Taxpayers Rally Outside Of Ron Johnson’s Oshkosh Office (WATCH):

“I’m angry that Ron Johnson has spent the past 11 years working against Wisconsinites and now he’s twisting the knife by using taxpayer dollars to cover 19 flights from his family’s vacation home in Florida.”

… AND DSCC JOINS WISDEMS TO LAUNCH “FORWARD FOR WISCONSIN” – LARGEST MIDTERM COORDINATED CAMPAIGN IN STATE HISTORY. The DSCC partnered with Wisconsin and national Democrats to launch “Forward for Wisconsin” –, the largest midterm coordinated campaign in Wisconsin history. This unprecedented effort will help elect leaders across the state who will always put Wisconsin’s working families first.

Associated Press: Wisconsin, national Democrats launch coordinated campaign. “Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday announced a joint effort with national party leaders they are calling the largest midterm coordinated campaign in state history, with the goal of reelecting Gov. Tony Evers and defeating Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. The effort dubbed Forward for Wisconsin is a partnership that includes the state and national Democratic parties, Evers’ campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Democrats promised to target rural parts of the state, which have been trending toward Republicans in recent elections.”

WisDems: Wisconsin Democrats Launch Forward for Wisconsin

NEW AD ALERT: WARNOCK HITS WALKER AS NOT READY TO REPRESENT GEORGIA. A new ad titled “Probably Shouldn’t” highlights Herschel Walker’s bizarre and false claims – and that Walker is clearly not ready to be a U.S. Senator representing Georgia. Watch below:

LAMON RESPONDS TO TRUMP’S AZ ENDORSEMENT WITH AIRWAVE ATTACK ON MASTERS. In less than 24 hours, Donald Trump’s endorsement of Blake Masters has set the GOP Senate primary ablaze. Jim Lamon launched an attack ad against Masters, slamming him for calling World War Two unjust, quoting a Nazi leader, and praising the Unabomber. WATCH:

AND ICYMI… HUFFPOST: Blake Masters Agrees Disclosing Campaign Donors Is Like ‘Kristallnacht’

BUDD BLUNDERS ON BABY FORMULA. The North Carolina Democratic Party held a press conference outside Budd’s Asheboro office to call out the GOP Senate candidate for voting against measures to address the infant formula shortage in the House.

Salisbury Post: Democrats call out Ted Budd on formula shortage vote.“Members of the North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) held a press conference outside the office of Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) Wednesday morning, chastising him for his vote, along with 191 other Republicans, against a proposal to give $28 million in aid to the Food and Drug Administration to address an extreme shortage of baby formula.”

FOX 8 (WATCH): “Earlier this month Budd voted against a bipartisan bill to address the formula shortage it would have provided $28 million in aid to the Food and Drug Administration.”

“TURNING UP THEIR GROUND GAME” – NEVADA AND GEORGIA RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OFF TO A STRONG START. Nevada and Georgia Democrats showed they are “turning up their ground game” this past weekend – Senator Cortez Masto hosted a canvass kickoff urging Nevadans to fight against the GOP’s attacks on women’s right to make their own health care decisions “by taking it to the polls and voting for the people on their side,” and Senator Warnock and Georgia Democrats “cut the ribbon on the first 2022 coordinated campaign office in Fulton County” days after launching the ‘Georgia Votes’ coordinated campaign.

JUST THIS WEEK, THANKS TO SENATE DEMOCRATS

→ With Senate Democrats in their home states during this week’s Senate work period, voters are reading and watching a wave of news coverage highlighting how Democrats like Sens. Cortez Masto, Hassan, Kelly, Warnock, and Bennet are fighting to address their constituents’ most pressing priorities: lowering costs and boosting American manufacturing, expanding health care access, and holding big corporations accountable for getting rich by raising prices.

AZ – KTVK (WATCH): Increasing Microchip Manufacturing in Arizona

Senator Mark Kelly: “I’ve been working on legislation called the CHIPS Act that is going to provide grant money to bring manufacturing capacity back to the United States.”

CO – Greeley Tribune: ‘You’ve earned it’: Northern Colorado VA Outpatient Clinic officially opens in Loveland. “Local veterans, officials, VA system members and even Sen. Michael Bennet packed a covered area just outside the front doors to celebrate the opening of the new clinic, which has been described as a one-stop shop offering mental health services, outpatient care, pharmacy, physical therapy, dentistry and more.”

GA – WMGT NBC41: Senator Warnock, other state leaders meet with farmers to discuss mental health “Senator Warnock says mental health is as important as physical health. He says he’s working on getting more mental health resources to rural communities. .. ‘We were able to get $10 million in additional support for a network to support our farmers and our ranchers,’ he said. ‘As I go back to D.C., I’ll be focusing on bringing more people the resources they need.’”

IN THE STATES

FL – Tampa Bay Times (Opinion): Marco Rubio’s anti-choice agenda is an assault on Floridians’ freedoms. “The last thing they need is a politician like Marco Rubio telling them what they can or can’t do with their own bodies. But for politicians like Rubio, respecting decades of Supreme Court precedent and listening to the clear majority of Floridians who oppose new restrictions on abortion is less important than advancing his own political agenda.”

GA – Covington News (Opinion): State’s possible next U.S. senator should think before he speaks. “Shouldn’t a candidate this close to being a U.S. senator, whether Republican or Democrat, be expected to think before he speaks? I’m talking, of course, about Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for one of Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats. However, there is no doubt Walker is a football legend in this state.”

NH – Union Leader (Opinion): Democrats are gearing up to win big in November. “The New Hampshire GOP’s agenda is out of touch, and voters are coming out in droves to reject it at every opportunity. We’re going to win big this year and we’re going to keep winning for the years to come.”

OH – Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio Senate race poll: J.D. Vance, Tim Ryan in close race as economy drives votes to GOP.“Ryan is trying to win over moderates as Vance recovers from a bruising GOP primary.”

WI – Cap Times (Editorial): Ron Johnson is a liar who chooses the NRA over children. “Ron Johnson has no shame, nor any moral compass. He will say anything to get reelected, which is precisely why this sick and twisted liar must be denied a chance to do any more harm.”

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