Morning Digest: Trump demands allies take down ads attacking candidates for attacking Trump
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ●Morning Digest: Trump demands allies take down ads attacking candidates for attacking Trump
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● OH-Sen: Investment banker Mike Gibbons is running a new ad, reportedly backed by a $550,000 buy, that uses clips of venture capitalist J.D. Vance trashing Donald Trump in order to trash Vance himself. «I'm a never-Trump guy. I never liked him,» says Vance. «I might have to hold my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton.» The ad also references Vance tweets in which he called Trump «an idiot» and «reprehensible.» (Vance of course now insists he adores Trump.) These statements have unsurprisingly appeared in other ads attacking Vance, including a spot from the Club for Growth, which is backing former state Treasurer Josh Mandel. Amusingly, though, one person who doesn't appreciate all these efforts to defend Donald Trump's honor is … Donald Trump. Read more