A Democrat who dropped out of the Wisconsin Senate race is giving the party a $600,000 surprise gift

[riversedge]

Well done Alex. Thank you

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A Democrat who dropped out of the Wisconsin Senate race is giving the party a $600,000 surprise gift

Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry plans to use previously paid-for airtime to go after GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, who is seeking re-election.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/democrat-dropped-wisconsin-senate-race-giving-party-600000-surprise-gi-rcna40407



Lt. Gov. of Wisconsin and Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes speaks at a rally outside in Madison on July 23, 2022.
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democratic candidate for the Senate, speaks Saturday at a rally in Madison.Sara Stathas for The Washington Post / via Getty Images




July 29, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT / Updated July 29, 2022, 2:25 PM CDT
By Natasha Korecki and Adam Edelman

The Milwaukee Bucks executive who dropped out of the Wisconsin Senate race this week is in a giving mood.

After he immediately threw his support behind fellow Democrat Mandela Barnes, the state’s lieutenant governor, Alex Lasry is now offering another gift to boost his former rival.

Lasry said he will use $584,000 worth of previously purchased airtime to run attack ads against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, his campaign told NBC News.

The ads, set to begin airing Saturday, will focus on Johnson’s voting record, as well as his past comments about a Wisconsin company’s moving out of the U.S. to make products that are “dirt cheap.”.............................

[lkinwi]

1. I was ready to vote for Alex, but I'm fine with Mandela.

So many good candidates. Now we have to kick Johnson to the curb.

[LakeArenal]

2. Just for clarity, photo above is Mandela Barnes not Lasry.

[G2theD]

4. That was decent of him.