A group connected to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is making a last-minute effort to raise money and influence Ohio’s Republican Senate primary, one of the most closely watched races in the country. There is.
Duty and Country PAC, a member of the Schumer-affiliated Senate Majority PAC, spent at least $2.5 million on television ads touting Bernie Moreno, a businessman whom former President Trump supported in his campaign, as too conservative. It was aired in Ohio. Politico reported that he could support him in the Republican Senate primary.
“Bernie Moreno is too conservative for Ohio,” the narrator says. 30 second ad, It began operating in Ohio on Thursday morning. “In Washington, Mr. Moreno will follow Donald Trump’s orders, which is why Mr. Trump endorsed Mr. Moreno, calling him “exactly the type of MAGA warrior we need in the United States Senate.”
The ad explains that Moreno will “lead” President Trump’s policies to “repeal Obamacare” and “institute a national abortion ban.”
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (left) and former President Donald Trump (right) (Fox News Digital)
“Donald Trump needs Bernie Moreno,” the narrator adds. “Bernie Moreno is not like that.”
“When Ohio voters head to the polls, they deserve to know the truth about Bernie Moreno. And the truth is, Moreno supported Donald Trump’s policies to ban abortion nationwide and repeal the ACA. and MAGA extremists who supported Donald Trump,” the Senate said. Majority PAC spokeswoman Hannah Menhoff said in a statement.
Mr. Moreno’s main opponents, Ohio Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan, tweeted on social media that the ad was designed by Mr. Schumer to promote Mr. Moreno to Democratic colleague Sen. Sherrod Brown. He argued that this proves that he is seen as the most favorable candidate.
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“Chuck Schumer is funding pro-Moreno ads because he knows Bernie’s history makes him the weakest candidate to run against Sherrod Brown,” LaRose said. . Posted in X. “The more Ohioans know about Moreno, the less they can trust him.”
“Did you see the ad supporting Bernie Moreno? Do you know who’s paying for it? It’s Chuck Schumer.” Dolan wrote about X. “Mr. Schumer just got caught interfering in our primary election because he wanted the weakest opponent for Sherrod Brown. Enough is enough.”
Moreno’s campaign told Fox News Digital that Democrats “consistently underestimate the America First movement at their own peril.”
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“They thought Trump would be easy to beat in 2016, but beating Hillary Clinton cleared the clock. The same thing will happen with Sherrod Brown this year,” Moreno said. said campaign communications director Regan McCarthy.
Tuesday’s Senate primary will feature three Republican candidates in what many believe will be a close race to challenge Mr. Brown, the only Democrat to win a statewide victory in Ohio in the past decade. Ru.
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Former President Donald Trump poses for a photo with businessman Bernie Moreno before a rally in Wellington, Ohio, June 26, 2021. (Bernie Moreno Campaign)
Ann Emerson College Poll About a week after Mr. Moreno released an internal poll showing Mr. Dolan with a 10-point lead, results released this week showed Mr. Dolan with a 3-point lead. .
Both polls showed that a significant number of voters, about 30%, are still undecided.
The Cook Political Report calls November’s Ohio Senate race a “hugely close race” and one of the few chances for Republicans to regain the Senate majority.
