| MAGA Marty O’Donnell’s campaign ad is full of “deeply dishonest rhetoric that ignores basic facts,” the Las Vegas Sun writes.
In the ad, O’Donnell calls out lawmakers in Washington for making themselves richer while hardworking Nevadans struggle to make ends meet. The only problem is that “the people he’s describing are his own political party members and the policies that got us here are the very same policies that O’Donnell supports.”
The kicker? While he claims to be a critic of Washington, “none of this seems to have diminished O’Donnell’s enthusiasm for Trump.”
O’Donnell has made his extremist agenda clear from day one: from supporting tax breaks for billionaires, to rubber-stamping the war in Iran, to pledging to work alongside Trump in Congress.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Does Marty O’Donnell think Nevadans are stupid? O’Donnell can pretend like he has Nevadans’ best interest in mind, but it’s clear that his only loyalty is to his D.C. party bosses. Southern Nevadans see through his cheesy campaign ads, and they’ll send Susie Lee back to Congress in November.”
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Las Vegas Sun: Republican congressional candidate’s campaign ad plays all the wrong notes
- Marty O’Donnell wants Nevada voters to know that he understands the importance of keeping things in tune.
- Judging from his latest campaign commercial, he might want to start with his understanding of Congress.
- It features the accomplished video-game composer at a piano, playing music reminiscent of the soundtracks that helped make him rich while offering voters a lesson in political economics.
- “This piano is in tune because I take care of it,” he says. “Neglect it, and nothing sounds right.” Then comes the analogy: “That’s our economy. Congress neglects us while lining their pockets, self-dealing, insider trading, while you do more with less.”
- It is a clever advertisement.
- There is just one rather spectacular problem with the composition: O’Donnell’s own Republican Party controls both chambers of Congress, along with the White House, the Supreme Court and the federal agencies that support them.
- That’s not a dissonant note in an otherwise cohesive argument, it’s deeply dishonest rhetoric that ignores basic facts about the government O’Donnell hopes to be elected to serve in.
- O’Donnell identifies those currently in power in Washington as the culprits without mentioning that the people he’s describing are his own political party members and the policies that got us here are the very same policies that O’Donnell supports. Moreover, he ignores that President Donald Trump and the Trump family have been among the greatest beneficiaries of grift and self-dealing.
- Put simply, O’Donnell is correct that under Trump and the GOP’s leadership, Americans are being forced to “do more with less.” Yet none of this seems to have diminished O’Donnell’s enthusiasm for Trump. In fact, O’Donnell thinks so highly of Trump’s leadership that he once offered to withdraw from his campaign for Congress if he didn’t receive Trump’s endorsement.
- Perhaps O’Donnell — a candidate for Congress — genuinely doesn’t understand which party controls Congress, what policies that majority has pursued or how those policies relate to the economic problems his advertisement describes. If that’s the case, he is truly unqualified for the job.
- More likely, he understands those facts perfectly well and hopes Nevada voters won’t notice the man behind the curtain offering lies of omission with a smile and a soundtrack. And in that case, he is acting like the swamp denizens he pretends to condemn. Either way, he should stick with video game music.
- “Tune” is not an off-the-cuff remark being taken out of context. It is a professionally produced campaign ad backed by a multimillion-dollar advertising budget. Its words were chosen. Its imagery was chosen. Its villain was chosen.
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