With no accomplishments to run on in 2022, Republicans hope no one will notice they’re running ads about votes that “never happened”
With no accomplishments to run on in 2022 and the Democratic economic recovery growing stronger and more popular by the day, Republicans are already turning to their playbook of deception tactics – and they’re “banking on the fact that most voters … won’t be digging into the parliamentary details.”
This morning, an analysis in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by a longtime Capitol Hill reporter debunked false ads that claimed “Democrats voted against Iron Dome funding for Israel — even though there was no such vote” and called out the Republican Party for “something that I’m not sure I’ve seen before — one party attacking the other over imaginary House votes.”
“House Republicans have no accomplishments to run on in 2022, so they’re already relying on a playbook of running deceptive ads and tricking voters,” said DCCC spokesperson Monica Robinson. “The smoke and mirrors won’t help Republicans hide from the fact that Democrats are leading our country’s economic recovery – and they did it without a single Republican vote.”
Read more about the deceitful Republican ad tactics:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Opinion: Republicans invent U.S. House votes to attack Democrats
June 3, 2021
By Jamie Dupree
- “This month marks 41 years since my first job on Capitol Hill, and I’ve been privileged to witness a lot of Congressional history. But now I’m watching something that I’m not sure I’ve seen before — one party attacking the other over imaginary House votes.”
- “‘House Republicans are pushing nonsense ads,’ said U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Suwanee, one of a dozen Democrats facing attacks from the ‘American Action Network,’ which criticizes Bourdeaux and others for voting against extra defense aid for Israel. Except that vote never happened.”
- “The ad cites a House vote on May 20 — wrongly claiming it would have funded more money for Israel’s Iron Dome defenses[.]”
- “But that vote was on a procedural motion to send a $1.9 billion Capitol security bill back to a House committee – and not on any funding related to Israel.”
- “Republicans have taken the novel approach of acting as if no House rule was ever changed, claiming Democrats voted against Iron Dome funding for Israel — even though there was no such vote.”
“[The] Fake News arrow points back at the GOP in this case … And they’re banking on the fact that most voters — and reporters — won’t be digging into the parliamentary details.”
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