Ads push Manchin and Heitkamp to vote for Kavanaugh [View all]
Source: Politico
By BURGESS EVERETT 10/02/2018 05:05 AM EDT
The conservative Judicial Crisis Network is pressuring at-risk Democrats Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp to confirm Brett kavanaugh in a new ad buy, making one final push on behalf of the Supreme Court nominee.
The group will spend $400,000 this week on pushing Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Heitkamp (D-N.D.) to support President Donald Trump's high court pick, following his hearing on an alleged sexual assault. The two moderate senators are the only undecided Democrats, and both are up for reelection next month. Kavanaugh remains short of 50 votes.
The new ads use footage of Kavanaugh calling the confirmation process "search and destroy" at his confirmation hearing. A narrator says voters will "never forget" how Heitkamp and Manchin vote and accuses liberals of trying to "ruin a good man with smears."
Though the ACLU announced a $1 million buy pressuring Manchin and five GOP senators to oppose Kavanaugh on Monday, JCN has been the biggest spender in the Supreme Court ad wars. The group has spent about $12 million thus far to confirm Kavanaugh, and also spent millions on Justice Neil Gorsuch. Heitkamp and Manchin both supported Gorsuch.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/02/kavanaugh-confirmation-ads-manchin-heitkamp-857849
Wouldn't it be nice to
KNOW that Manchin and Heitkamp would tell JCN to go screw themselves? Alas...
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