GOP Attack Ads Smear Military Veterans

GOP Attack Ads Smear Military Veterans
October 10, 2018 12:47 am / 0 Comments / Campaign 2018, Headlines, Veterans


Today’s Republican party isn’t exactly known for its civility or honesty — but if you thought the GOP couldn’t sink any lower, think again.

Apparently fearing an electoral bloodbath in November, House Republicans have released a series of ads attacking their Democratic opponents — many of whom happen to be military veterans and former intelligence officers — by questioning their patriotism, smearing them as anti-American, and even falsely labeling them as terrorist sympathizers.

The ads are funded by the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Congressional Leadership Fund, Politico reports.

In one ad, Republicans slam House candidate Jason Crow — a Colorado Democratic candidate who received a Bronze Star for heroism in the Iraq war and an award for being a “lawyer of the year” for his veterans advocacy work — by falsely claiming he “neglected” Colorado veterans.

Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operative who risked her life fighting terrorists, is targeted in another attack ad. Citing the fact that she once taught at a school where two terrorists once attended, the GOP falsely accuses the nearly 10-year CIA veteran of being a terrorist sympathizer.

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