DCCC Launches First General Election Digital Ad Against Tom Kean Jr. – “Won’t Show Up to Work, But Will Trade Stocks”

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While Kean Jr. is M.I.A., DCCC goes on offense with digital ad buy reaching targeted NJ-07 voters on Meta

The DCCC today is announcing its first general election digital ad campaign targeting Congressman Tom Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th District.

The ad reminds voters that Kean Jr. has continued to play the stock market while missing votes in Washington. Kean Jr. has missed more than 100 votes during his absence and refuses to be transparent with his constituents about his whereabouts. Today marks three months since his last vote.

The digital ad will reach targeted voters on Meta, is backed by an initial five-figure investment, and will run for two full weeks.

SEE THE AD FOR YOURSELF:

DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
“Career politician Tom Kean Jr. represents everything that’s wrong with a broken and corrupt Washington. Kean Jr. has time to play the stock market and line his pockets, but he doesn’t have time to show up and answer to his own constituents. New Jersey voters are going to fire him in November.”

BACKGROUND:

Kean Jr. campaigned on a pledge to ban congressional stock trading and made an explicit promise to place his millions of dollars of assets into a blind trust. But Kean Jr. has broken both of those promises.
Kean Jr. has traded hundreds of thousands of dollars of stocks this Congress alone, and has “backed away from” his vow to place his assets into a blind trust to prevent the possibility of using insider information to influence his portfolio.
Kean Jr. has made multiple market moves while simultaneously missing votes in Washington. Financial disclosures reveal that Kean Jr. “bought and sold shares of eight different stocks between March 10 and March 31,” and then filed a second stock trading disclosure revealing even more market moves during his absence. Kean Jr. “personally certified the disclosure, affixing his digital signature” – tying him directly to the trading activity.

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DCCC Launches First General Election Digital Ad Against Tom Kean Jr. – “Won’t Show Up to Work, But Will Trade Stocks”

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