Posted on 06/01/2024 4:09:24 PM PDT by george76
Colorado Democrats are once again running bogus ads to promote the Republican candidate they believe is least likely to win in a general election against their progressive candidate.
This time it’s the 3rd Congressional District race and the GOP candidate that Democrat candidates are supporting is Ron Hanks.
The TV ad and mailers deliver backhanded insults that really aims to suggest Hanks has been endorsed by Donald Trump (he has not), and claims Hanks is just too gosh darn Republican to represent the conservative district.
One of the problems Hanks is already contending with, he doesn’t actually live in the 3rd District.
PeakNation™ will recall Democrats pulled the exact same stunt with Hanks when he ran in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate race a couple years ago, but the Democrats’ tactic backfired and Hanks lost the primary.
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The ad campaign appears to be an effort by Rocky Mountain Values PAC to advance former state Rep. Ron Hanks to the general election because the group believes he will be easier for the de facto Democratic nominee, former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch, to beat in November.
Why would Democrats bankroll a Republican in a tough primary race like the 3rd District that already leans conservative?
They think it’s cheaper to prop up the weakest candidate now, than having to spend millions to tear down a more popular candidate in the general election.
The Democrats’ first TV ad for Hanks cost $84,000.
Rocky Mountain Values is also running ads against GOP frontrunner Jeff Hurd in an attempt to turn Trump voters against the Grand Junction resident.
Hanks told The Sun he didn’t know what the PACs motives were, “I just take it as it comes.”
The PAC does not disclose its funders, it’s what the media refers to as “dark money.”
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“PeakNation™ will recall Democrats pulled the exact same stunt with Hanks when he ran in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate race a couple years ago, but the Democrats’ tactic backfired and Hanks lost the primary.”
Who writes this stuff, and how does that sentence makes sense?
Then they spent multiple millions promoting the far-left lawyer who won the seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, flipping it from conservative to far left.
Any plan for thwarting their ability to do this?
The only viable plan I can see is building conservative media, so people can be informed about what is going on.
Claire MacCaskill did the same thing when she was running for Senate against Todd Akin. And it worked for her.
Does Colorado have an open primary?
They did that during the governor’s race in Illinois in 2022.
There is no end to their basic contempt for the voters. In the 2002 race in Illinois. Rod Blagojevich’s campaign issued literature that was designed to lead people to believe that the GOP candidate, Jim Ryan, was actually disgraced former governor George Ryan.
Chucky Schumer is likely behind this scam $$
Expose their games, like here.
Thanks george.
I haven’t seen this ad yet.
Is the third District of Colorado Deep Red? Any Colorado FReepers can tell us the make up of political parties?
Used to be strong red. Demoncrates have been steadily watering down our conservative majority. Hurd is is the strong conservative candidate. Not as much the lightning rod our former rep has been, Boebert.
Used to be strong red. Demoncrates have been steadily watering down our conservative majority. Hurd is is the strong conservative candidate. Not as much the lightning rod our former rep has been, Boebert.
I have gotten several of their large post cards.
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