Well this escalated quickly. There are a few Senators coming out against TrumpCare, and a group dedicated to the agenda of the president has already declared a YUGE ad buy against one of them. But not the other four.
An organization run by former Trump and Pence campaign staffers is launching a $1 million digital ad campaign against Sen. Dean Heller, the Nevada Republican who came out Friday afternoon against the Senate GOP health care bill, Fox News confirms.
America First Policies, which promotes President Trump’s agenda, planned to launch the seven-figure ad campaign against Heller on Friday night, according to staffers from the organization, and will be ramped up next week.
Heller is up for re-election in 2018 and is considered one of the most vulnerable GOP senators.
“Obamacare is collapsing. This is a crisis for the American people. There is no excuse for any Republican or Democrat to oppose the Senate health care bill outright,” Brian Walsh, president of the group, said in a statement. “Senator Heller … appears to be heading down a path with Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the radical left.”
That’s kinda harsh considering some of the objections to the bill come from the right. But they’re not targeting those guys, because they’re reasonable, apparently.
When asked why the group is only launching such a campaign against Heller, a staffer said the other four senators seem willing to “negotiate.”
“I have been clear from day one that I want to get to yes,” Cruz said on Thursday after announcing his concern with the draft discussion of the plan. “Nobody has fought harder against ObamaCare in the Senate than I have, but we have to actually have legislation that fixes the underlying problem.”
The group includes a lot of people left over from the Trump presidential campaign including Karina Pierson.