Republican candidate for Senate, Eric Hovde, a successful businessman, is deploying the ultimate weapon against his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin, in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin: her own words.
Hovde has created a brand new campaign ad featuring Baldwin making some rather nasty comments about Trump supporters as a means of making her look unsavory to voters who might be undecided on which candidate they are going to choose in this very important Senate race that could determine whether or not Republicans gain control over the upper chamber of Congress.
The campaign features Baldwin saying, “Donald Trump might be one of the most offensive, hateful and unacceptable presidential candidates we’ve ever had. So what does that say about the people who support him?”
via Fox News:
The remark, which is from a 2016 speech, is cut next to former Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s infamous “basket of deplorables” comment, which was credited by some with costing her the election to then-Republican nominee Donald Trump. The ad will run on television across Wisconsin starting Tuesday and is part of an ongoing multimillion dollar statewide ad campaign.
“Tammy Baldwin hates Trump and Trump voters, just listen to her own words when it comes to what she thinks about them. Much like Hillary Clinton, the disdain Baldwin has for Wisconsin’s Trump voters will haunt her on Election Day,” Hovde spokesman Zach Bannon remarked in a statement.
A spokesperson for Baldwin reached out to Fox and offered a response of their own, saying, “Tammy Baldwin fights for all Wisconsinites no matter who they are, who they vote for or where they live. That stands in stark contrast to her opponent Eric Hovde who has literally called Wisconsinites deplorable, Democrats a ‘curse to society’ and insulted our farmers, seniors, young people, women, Black men, Native American communities and more.”
The Democrat senator’s campaign also pointed to an interview on “The Jerry Bader Show” in 2016, in which Hovde used the word “deplorable” to describe the level of civic knowledge among average Americans, with many not knowing the year of the country’s founding or who the vice president is. In a recent Quinnipiac University poll of the Senate race, Baldwin beat Hovde 50% to 46%. The small, single-digit lead marks a significant closure of the initial polling gap between the incumbent Democrat and her GOP challenger. The survey was conducted between Oct. 3 and 7 and included 1,073 likely voters. It had a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
It’s critical that Republicans win as many Senate and House races as possible. While it’s great to have a GOP president, if he doesn’t have a Congress to work closely with, he’s unable to enact much of his agenda. This is why we as Americans need to pay close attention to races other than the presidency. It’s all important. And don’t forget to be involved in local politics too. That’s where the most change can be made.