The DCCC released a new TV ad in the race for AL-02, “Running on Empty,” highlighting how Rhett Marques has a record of making everything more expensive, including gas prices.
The ad hits Marques for running up Alabama families’ tax bills while refusing to pay his own taxes: Marques has voted to raise taxes 22 times and voted for a 67% increase in gas and diesel taxes, but failed to pay his own.
The ad – the fourth to run in AL-02 from the DCCC and the Shomari Figures campaign – is airing in the Montgomery, Columbus, and Dothan media markets beginning today and is part of the committee’s coordinated spending in key battleground districts.
Transcript:
VO: These days, we’re all running on empty.
Sky-high gas prices in Alabama are emptying our tanks and our wallets.
But Rhett Marques? He’s making it even worse.
Marques voted to raise taxes and fees 22 times,
voting for a 67% increase in gas and diesel taxes.
But after guzzling our money…
Rhett Marques refused to pay his own taxes.
Rhett Marques: Running up your tax bill. Running away from his.
Rep. Figures: I’m Shomari Figures and I approve this message.
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