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Donnelly’s Latest Ad Looks Desperate
Sen. Joe Donnelly’s latest TV ad is a strange turn that may signal desperation from the Indiana Democrat incumbent. In the ad, Donnelly says he supports “the Wall” and ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as invoking President Ronald Reagan’s famous line of “peace through strength.” But the ad starts off with his disavowal of socialists and government-run healthcare, which Hoosiers know doesn’t pass the smell test … or the honesty test.
As the Free Beacon notes, Sen. Donnelly voted with Socialist Bernie Sanders 74% of the time. Yet, in his first debate with GOP challenger Mike Braun and Libertarian Lucy Brenton, Donnelly proudly touted his record of voting with President Trump. That number was 62%.
What Hoosiers smell is the audacity of Donnelly, and his willingness to take positions he doesn’t actually believe to try and trick voters. Sen. Donnelly, as a member of Congress, was the deciding vote on Obamacare. Obamacare would not exist if Donnelly had stood up for Hoosier families, and said “No” to socialized medicine.
In the debate, he said he was proud to be the “deciding vote that saved coverage” of pre-existing conditions. This ugly wordplay was called out on my shows: Donnelly was deflecting attention from his support of Obamacare.
Braun, according to the campaign, covered pre-existing conditions in his company and said he favored insurance covering pre-existing conditions in the debate. In my exclusive interview with Vice President Mike Pence, the Vice President said that both he and President Trump, “…we will sign, support no legislation that doesn’t cover Americans with pre-existing conditions.”
Losing that messaging battle, Donnelly now pivots to be tough on those who want “to turn healthcare over to the government.” What? So he’s going to be tough on himself?! He’s the reason healthcare was handed over to the government in the first place!
This new “tough guy” position also puts him at odds with his Democrat party base. The ideas of Sanders, “Democratic Socialist” candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others have become the mainstream of Democrat policy. DNC Chairman Tom Perez said Ocasio-Cortez, “represents the future of our party.” Investors found that 57% of Democrats have a positive view of socialism.
Change his nickname. He’s no longer “Sleepin’ Joe.” In this election, he’s “Desperate Joe Donnelly.” And Hoosiers know it.
Crossposted at WIBC.com.
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/04/mike-braun-ad-joe-donnelly-not-moderate-votes-chuck-schumer-80-percent-time/
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I think you’re on to something here – watch what the candidates and their campaigns do. He’s running away from the Left there. Their internal polling must be scaring the hell out of them.
Indiana is a Republican leaning state, but has enough Democrats to keep the state politicians relatively “honest.” Indiana continues to prosper even when the Governor is a Democrat.
The problem with US Senators from Indiana is they talk conservative at home, but vote differently in DC. The classic democrat version was Evan Bayh, and even “Republican” Richard Lugar became a Rino. Lugar, age 70, wouldn’t support the Republican nominee (Richard Mourdock) who beat him in the 2012 primary 61% – 39%! Thus we have Joe Donnelley following in these footsteps. If he would have voted for Kavanaugh, I think his chances would be 50-50 in this election.
So those leaners must all be located in Lake County, and why NW Indiana takes forever to report their vote tallies.
Unlike most of the state, Lake county is on Central Time, so the polls close 1 hour later. But they do hold back votes, just like their big neighbor to the Northwest.