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Related: About this forumKoch Brothers Ad Against Rep. Pete Gallego Pulled from Television for Falseness
Concerned Veterans for America, a front group funded by the New York City conservative billionaire Koch brothers, took to the television sets of southwest Texas and San Antonio in an attempt to purposefully mislead on incumbent Democratic Congressman Pete Gallego's record on veterans issues. In the television ad, Concerned Veterans for America stated that Rep. Gallego "did nothing to fix" the problems in the Office of Veterans Affairs; a claim that is easily proven false.
Now, after receiving a formal complaint from the Gallego campaign, WOAI, the San Antonio NBC affiliate has agreed to take the ad off the air.
Rep. Gallego celebrated the decision by saying: "False ads like this are why people hate politics. The discussion of how to fix our broken VA system is a serious one and veterans are too important to be used as pawns in someone's political game. It is unfortunate that Will Hurd lacked the courage to stand up to his friends and denounce an ad designed to mislead our veterans. Thankfully, these TV stations are doing the right thing and taking this deceptive ad off the air."
But the Koch brothers are not done and are continuing to try and mislead Texans on Rep. Gallego's record.
More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/15424/koch-brothers-ad-against-rep-pete-gallego-pulled-from-television-for-falseness .
randys1
(16,286 posts)so the Dems in America should just say what they will do or not do
it is easy
I wont obstruct everything the govt tries to do to help you
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)are the loudest mouths in the nation.
Amazing that a company refuses some of that endless campaign ad money, I applaud them.
Leith
(7,813 posts)Even when they are called on their lies, the double down and shout them louder.