WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) released a new digital ad today slamming Iowa Democrat Senate candidates Nathan Sage, Josh Turek, and Zach Wahls for supporting Chuck Schumer’s government shutdown. Federal funding for SNAP benefits is set to run out this Halloween weekend, leaving nearly 270,000 Iowans, including an estimated 104,000 children, without the assistance they need to put food on the table.
“This Halloween, parents will struggle to feed their children, while Nathan Sage, Josh Turek, and Zach Wahls continue to support keeping the government shut down to give illegal aliens free healthcare,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell.
Click below or HERE to watch the new digital ad.
Transcript:
Voice Over: “Washington has gone dark.
“Because Chuck Schumer and Iowa Democrats want it shut down.”
Schumer: “It gets better for us.”
Voice Over: “Troops. Law enforcement. Families in need — all stranded.
“Iowa Democrats are willing to risk food assistance for 270,000 Iowans in need.
“Choosing free healthcare for illegals instead.
“Tell Wahls, Turek, and Sage: stop rewarding criminal illegals by stealing from American families.”
Illegal Alien: “Let’s get out of here!”
Voice Over: “Tell the Democrats: it’s time to end the Schumer Shutdown.”
Background:
- Senate Democrats blocked commonsense legislation to pay troops and federal workers.
- Chuck Schumer said, “Every day gets better for [Democrats],” reaffirming that this shutdown is political leverage in their fight to give illegal aliens free healthcare.
- Democrats’ partisan proposal to reopen the government demands free healthcare for illegal aliens and guts the historic $50 billion investment in rural healthcare.
- Nathan Sage said that he wants Senate Democrats to shut down the government to “help people.”
- Zach Wahls said Senate Democrat leadership should be “using every tool in the toolbox” in fighting Republicans. He declined to say whether or not he would keep the government open.
- Josh Turek said that he would side with Senate Democrats, “In this fight, I would be siding with them…”
- Ashley Hinson voted in favor of the Continuing Resolution in the House of Representatives.
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