Democratic Deceptions
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Democratic Deceptions
TV ads tie Donald Trump to GOP candidates who don't support him.
By Brooks Jackson
Summary
In state after state, Democrats are engaging in a widespread pattern of deception, trying to tie Donald Trump around the necks of Republican House candidates who actually have repudiated him.
In Pennsylvania, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee claimed GOP House candidate Brian Fitzpatrick “supports Donald Trump,” even though he never clearly endorsed Trump and said earlier this month he won’t be voting for Trump because of his “disgusting” comments about women.
In Colorado, another DCCC ad says Republican Rep. Mike Coffman “said he would support Donald Trump for president, and that’s all we really need to know.” Actually, Coffman already had condemned Trump and called for him to get out of the race “for the good of the country.”
A Democratic super PAC is running two ads in California saying Republican Rep. David Valadao “absolutely” said he would support Trump, when in fact the congressman repudiated Trump nearly four months ago.
In upstate New York, even after GOP Rep. John Katko said Trump “will never earn my vote,” his Democratic challenger kept running an ad hundreds of times using a months-old clip of him promising to support his party’s nominee.
And in Florida, as we reported earlier, the DCCC ran an ad with a faked photo of GOP Rep. David Jolly shaking Trump’s hand, even though Jolly says he’s never met Trump, won’t vote for him and doesn’t consider him qualified to be president.
Analysis
The DCCC’s deceptive ad attacking Jolly in Florida was the subject of a separate item we posted Oct. 14. We can now report that this is part of a multistate pattern. Besides Florida, we found similar deceitful ads in Pennsylvania, Colorado, California and New York.
READ MORE: http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/democrati...
Democratic Deceptions
TV ads tie Donald Trump to GOP candidates who don't support him.
By Brooks Jackson
Summary
In state after state, Democrats are engaging in a widespread pattern of deception, trying to tie Donald Trump around the necks of Republican House candidates who actually have repudiated him.
In Pennsylvania, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee claimed GOP House candidate Brian Fitzpatrick “supports Donald Trump,” even though he never clearly endorsed Trump and said earlier this month he won’t be voting for Trump because of his “disgusting” comments about women.
In Colorado, another DCCC ad says Republican Rep. Mike Coffman “said he would support Donald Trump for president, and that’s all we really need to know.” Actually, Coffman already had condemned Trump and called for him to get out of the race “for the good of the country.”
A Democratic super PAC is running two ads in California saying Republican Rep. David Valadao “absolutely” said he would support Trump, when in fact the congressman repudiated Trump nearly four months ago.
In upstate New York, even after GOP Rep. John Katko said Trump “will never earn my vote,” his Democratic challenger kept running an ad hundreds of times using a months-old clip of him promising to support his party’s nominee.
And in Florida, as we reported earlier, the DCCC ran an ad with a faked photo of GOP Rep. David Jolly shaking Trump’s hand, even though Jolly says he’s never met Trump, won’t vote for him and doesn’t consider him qualified to be president.
Analysis
The DCCC’s deceptive ad attacking Jolly in Florida was the subject of a separate item we posted Oct. 14. We can now report that this is part of a multistate pattern. Besides Florida, we found similar deceitful ads in Pennsylvania, Colorado, California and New York.
READ MORE: http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/democrati...
