More than $500,000 TV and digital ad campaign will target 6 key markets
Today, DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney announced the DCCC’s first major TV and digital campaign of the 2022 Election Cycle. The campaign exposes Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, along with six other vulnerable Washington Republicans for being too weak to stand up to President Trump and the QAnon mob after he whipped them into a murderous frenzy, making it clear that each “stood with Q, not you.”
The 30-second TV ads and digital spots will play across key local broadcast and cable stations in Philadelphia, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Omaha, and Washington, DC, as well as to targeted audiences across digital platforms.
This historically early investment from the DCCC comes as Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick and Washington Republicans continue to show they are too weak to stop the QAnon mob’s takeover of their party. The ad specifically spotlights the clearest example of that takeover.
On January 6, President Trump and his top enablers in Congress whipped their supporters into a violent mob, then caved to their QAnon mob’s demands just hours after the mob murdered a police officer. Then, all but 10 Republicans in the House refused to stand up to the mob’s demands and voted against protecting Americans from the mob’s principal inciter, President Trump.
“Brian Fitzpatrick has made his choice – he chose to cave to the murderous QAnon mob that has taken over his party,” said DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney. “Washington Republicans are trying to have it both ways – refusing to hold those responsible for the attack on the Capitol accountable, offering nothing but empty words after years of hyping up lies and conspiracy theories. There is no middle ground, but their actions have made one thing clear — no American will be safe from the QAnon mob if Brian Fitzpatrick’s party is in power.”
While Brian Fitzpatrick’s party may not recognize the threat the QAnon mob poses to our country, the American people do. New polling conducted on behalf of the DCCC by ALG and GBAO shows that QAnon holds a 68% name ID among voters in battleground districts, with an overwhelming negative perception: 5% favorable, 63% unfavorable. With more than 21 months to go before the election, and Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene as the most prominent faces of their caucus, voters’ familiarity with QAnon will only grow, while Republicans in Washington carry the mark.
SCRIPT for “Stood” targeting Congressman Fitzpatrick’s in PA-01:
QAnon. A conspiracy theory born online took over the Republican Party. Sent followers to Congress. And, with Donald Trump, incited a mob that took over the Capitol, and murdered a cop.
Then, Republicans like Brian Fitzpatrick voted to protect Trump, letting the QAnon mob win.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick should have stood with us, but he was a coward, he stood with Trump and the lies.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick: He stood with Q, not you.
Similar versions will play spotlighting Rep. Young Kim, Rep Michelle Steel, Rep. Don Bacon, Rep Beth Van Duyne, and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar.
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