|
Bo Hines’s latest political ad touts “North Carolina values.” There’s just one problem: It was filmed in Indiana.
A new report from WRAL today revealing that Bo Hines’s latest ad was filmed out-of-state is right on brand for the 27-year-old, who moved to NC-13 to run for office and “changed his address from a condo in downtown Winston-Salem to a rental property in Fuquay-Varina in April.”
As J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, said: “Would it have been that hard to find a local tobacco farm[?]”
DCCC spokesperson Monica Robinson:
“It’s embarrassing that Bo Hines had to travel 650 miles away to Indiana to find someone who would vouch for his work – because he’s never had a job.”
WRAL: Campaign ‘trick?’ Political ad touting ‘North Carolina values’ filmed out of state
By Andy Specht
September 28, 2022
-
“A new ad for a North Carolina congressional candidate shows him walking across corn fields with his grandfather, who says they farmed together and need to protect North Carolina values. The farm is in Indiana.”
-
“While the Hines ad tries to appeal to voters who hold what his grandpa called ‘North Carolina values,’ the ad fails to mention where it was filmed: Indiana.”
-
“That detail has become the latest piece of ammunition for critics of the political newcomer in a campaign subplot focused on who has the strongest ties to North Carolina’s competitive 13th Congressional District—Hines or his Democratic opponent, Wiley Nickel.”
-
“Nickel’s campaign says Hines’ ad misleads voters about Hines’ work in the state. ‘Bo Hines trying to trick North Carolina voters by running a political ad with a family member in Indiana to try and prove that he’s right for North Carolina is right on brand for the guy who moved to this district to run for office,’ Abby May, Nickel’s campaign manager, said in an email.”
-
“Hines, who hasn’t held elected office, has been dogged by questions about his history in the community he wants to serve. When he jumped into the political arena last year, he campaigned for a congressional seat in the Winston-Salem area and shifted districts multiple times as election maps changed through a monthslong redistricting process.”
-
“He changed his address from a condo in downtown Winston-Salem to a rental property in Fuquay-Varina in April. And during the GOP primary, opponents accused Hines of district-shopping.”
-
“J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, could foresee the ad rubbing some voters the wrong way.”
-
“‘Would it have been that hard to find a local tobacco farm where Hines could have said something like “As someone who grew up on a farm, I’ll work hard for our farm economy here in eastern North Carolina?”’ Coleman said.”
-
“‘Democrats are already criticizing his tenuous connections to the district, and this could potentially give them more material to make that case.’”
|
