Pro-Lamb Super PAC Misfires in Attack Ad Against Fetterman [View all]
A super PAC supporting Rep. Conor Lamb for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania made two misleading claims about the Democratic front-runner, John Fetterman, one of which resulted in a Philadelphia TV station pulling the ad.
Fetterman, who serves as lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, holds a double-digit lead over Lamb and state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, according to a recent poll from The Hill and Emerson College. Although Pennsylvania’s TV airwaves have been filled with ads from Republican candidates Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick attacking each other, the discourse on the air had been more civilized on the Democratic side. Until now.
The ad from Penn Progress, a super PAC supporting Lamb that has been promoted by veteran Democratic strategist James Carville, tries to paint Fetterman as a socialist who is too big of a risk for Democrats in a general election. Lamb has tried to draw a distinction with Fetterman by marketing himself as a moderate Democrat. Lamb says he wants to “protect and strengthen” the Affordable Care Act. He is a critic of so-called “defunding police.” And he held a fundraiser with moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
Fetterman has been critical of Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for blocking some of President Joe Biden’s agenda. He is an advocate of legalization of marijuana, a $15 minimum wage, addressing climate change and criminal justice reform. Fetterman describes health care as a “fundamental human right,” and he has supported Medicare for All.
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