DSCC Releases New TV Ads in Arizona, Iowa, Montana, and North Carolina

The DSCC released new TV ads in the Arizona, Iowa, Montana and North Carolina Senate races holding vulnerable incumbents accountable for putting their corporate donors and special interest allies ahead of their constituents. The new ads are part of the committee’s previously announced offensive television and digital paid investments in key battleground states.

• Arizona: “Chopping Block” highlights Senator Martha McSally’s history of trying to mislead Arizonans about her toxic record of voting for plans to gut seniors’ Social Security and Medicare. The unelected senator has voted to put Medicare on the chopping block, supporting a plan that would have cut nearly $500 billion from Medicare, shifted costs onto seniors, and ended Medicare’s guarantee of health coverage. And despite her claim that she would protect Social Security, McSally has supported plans that would privatize the program — another chapter in a long and troubling pattern of McSally “revising her previous positions.”

• Iowa: “Author” spotlights Senator Joni Ernst’s lengthy history of voting to take away health care protections from the more than one million Iowans with a pre-existing condition. Ernst has not only voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions without a replacement, she helped introduce a bill that would let insurers deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. Ernst sold out Iowans for her corporate special interest donors, even opposing a bipartisan effort to lower drug prices and accepting over half a million in campaign cash from Big Pharma.

• Montana: “Floodgates” shows Senator Steve Daines’ record as “China’s ambassador in Congress.” Daines worked for Procter & Gamble opening factories in China as the company was eliminating American jobs. Then, when Daines got to Washington, he voted to protect tax breaks for corporations that moved American jobs overseas and pushed for a corporate “slush fund” that bailed out corporations and gave hundreds of millions to Chinese companies. 

• North Carolina: “Caves” delves into how Senator Thom Tillis has spent his career prioritizing his corporate donors over his constituents. As Speaker of the House, Tillis passed a bill that slashed taxes for corporations and left hardworking North Carolinians to pick up the tab. In order to pay for the huge tax cuts for his corporate backers, Tillis cut millions of dollars from public school funding, leading to overcrowded classrooms and leaving North Carolina’s education system among the most underfunded in the country.

Watch all the new ads and read their transcripts below:

Arizona: “Chopping Block”

Transcript: “Watch carefully. This is a Washington politician looking at you and lying. We must protect Medicare and Social Security. But the AARP says Martha McSally voted to put Medicare on the chopping block, eliminate guaranteed coverage, and Martha McSally backed a plan to privatize Social Security – risk it in the stock market. Fact checkers say it’s part of McSally’s pattern of deception. Martha McSally – you can’t believe a thing she says.”

Iowa: “Author”

Transcript: “Not only did Joni Ernst vote for it, she helped write the bill herself. Listed right there as an original co-sponsor. Ernst co-authored a bill that would let insurers deny Iowans coverage for pre-existing conditions. But Ernst didn’t stop there. She took over half a million from Big Pharma and insurance and opposed a bipartisan effort to lower drug prices. We’ve got it in writing.  We can’t trust Joni Ernst with our health care.”

Montana: “Floodgates”

Transcript: “Meet China’s Ambassador in Congress. That’s what China’s actual ambassador called Steve Daines. Daines made money helping his company expand in China, while they cut jobs here. Then in Washington, Daines opened the floodgates for China, voting to reward companies that ship jobs overseas and pushing through a corporate bailout that gave hundreds of millions to Chinese companies. Steve Daines. China’s choice. Putting money before Montana.”

North Carolina: “Caves”

Transcript: “When Thom Tillis caves to the corporate interests, who pays? As North Carolina Speaker, Tillis delivered huge tax cuts for his corporate backers. To pay for it, he cut school funding by five hundred million, overcrowding classrooms, and leaving school funding near the bottom of the country. But his corporate backers got their money. Weak. Corrupt. Thom Tillis caves – and we pay the price.”

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