Yesterday, the NRSC launched ads in ten 2018 Senate states asking whether Trump State Democrats would follow Massachusetts liberal Elizabeth Warren on her plan for government-run health care. The ads make note of the proposal’s $32 trillion price tag and these vulnerable Democrats’ long history of voting in near lockstep with Warren in the Senate. With leading Democrats, including Warren and DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison, encouraging Democrats to move to the left and run on single-payer in 2018, this issue will not go away quietly.
In case you missed it:
Morning Score: The National Republican Senatorial Committee is launching digital ads targeting all 10 Democrats up in states won by President Donald Trump next year linking them to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the Democratic push for single-payer health care. The 15-second ads, which autoplay on users’ Facebook feeds, feature Warren saying “single-payer” is the next step before noting how frequently a Senator votes with Warren before directing viewers to sign a petition against single-payer. The ads are backed by significant statewide buys, and will run throughout recess and the rest of July.
The Hill: The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launched a Facebook ad campaign that seeks to connect vulnerable Democrats to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who recently said that Democrats running in 2018 and 2020 should campaign on support for a single-payer plan…Senate Democrats face a tough map in the 2018 cycle. They are defending 25 seats, while Republicans only need to protect eight seats. Many of the 10 states with Democratic senators that Trump carried in 2016 were won by double-digit margins.
The Washington Post: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), both seen as potential 2020 presidential candidates, each said last week that the party needed to get behind “Medicare for all.” Republicans have noticed — and have begun to attack…On Wednesday, the GOP’s Senate campaign committee launched Web ads against the 10 Senate Democrats up for reelection in Trump-won states, warning of “government health care” if they win.
The Washington Times: Progressive stalwarts such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, and Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, have both said in recent interviews that single-payer should be the focus after the Obamacare debate is over. The National Republican Senatorial Campaign released a series of digital ads that attempt to tie red-state Democrats to single payer and its estimated price tag of $32 trillion over the 10-year budget window. The ads, which target 10 Senate Democrats, try to argue that lawmakers whose voting records are similar to Ms. Warren’s will be tempted to back a single-payer plan.
Politics PA: The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is going on the offensive against Senator Casey in the healthcare debate by trying to tie him to comments made by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. The NRSC is starting a Facebook ad pushing Casey on Warren’s comments that Democrats should run on a single payer healthcare plan. “Now it’s time for the next step. And the next step is single payer,” Warren told the Wall Street Journal.
Tampa Bay Times: This is the second known digital ad this year from Republicans linking Nelson and Warren. The first came in February, also on low-cost Facebook. Warren does support Nelson; earlier this year, her PAC donated $10,000 to his re-election effort. The NRSC said the ad “will run statewide while Nelson is home for the July 4th recess and throughout the month.”
Florida Politics: Citing Warren’s recent comments about getting behind a single-payer plan, the ad’s narrator says such a system “would be absolutely devastating for Florida families and businesses.” Next, the ad notes that Nelson “has followed Warren in near-lockstep in the Senate, voting with his good friend 90 percent of the time. Will he also support Warren’s socialized health care plan?”