A Democratic super PAC said Tuesday it's pouring another $1.1 million into a new TV attack ad targeting Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman.
The ad from Senate Majority PAC, a left-leaning group affiliated with outgoing U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, asserts that while Portman "led the fight to give permanent trade status to China," Democratic rival Ted Strickland "has fought against unfair trade deals."
The 30-second spot will start airing on broadcast and cable in Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown during the next couple of days, according to Senate Majority PAC spokesman Shripal Shah.
Senate Majority PAC has reserved $9.5 million in ad buy between September and Election Day. Meanwhile, Strickland has been hammering Portman on this:
Ohio Senate candidate Ted Strickland said Donald Trump’s suggestion that President Obama somehow identified with the gunman who killed 49 people and himself at a gay night club in Orlando, Fla., was “obnoxious and offensive.”
And as Democrats like him have done time and time again now, Strickland said Monday that Republican Sen. Portman should disavow Trump’s remarks.
“Trump’s comments do not represent what we stand for in Ohio and as Americans,” he said in a statement. “I hope Senator Portman will display the kind of leadership that is needed in this time and join me in denouncing Trump’s comments today. A failure to do so would be a gross disservice to the people of Ohio.”
Speaking Monday on Fox News, Trump repeatedly implied Obama might know more about extremism by some Muslims sympathetic to Islamic terror groups than he lets on.
“We’re led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he’s got something else in mind,” Trump said. “The something else in mind, you know, people can’t believe it. People cannot – they cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and can’t even mention the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.'”
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