A liberal super PAC is looking to tie vulnerable House Republicans to a new plan to repeal Obamacare in a series of digital ads.
The super PAC American Bridge on Thursday will roll out a series of digital ads targeting six House Republicans for their record on healthcare. The ads come a few days after outside groups are touting a new plan to repeal Obamacare this year.
The ads outline the members’ prior votes for tax reform as a “massive giveaway to the rich.” They also cite “new efforts are underway to end coverage for pre-existing conditions and cut Medicaid.”
The ads attempt to highlight a recent Medicare/Social Security trustee report that warns tax reform passed last year is undercutting both entitlement programs.
The trustee report released last week said Medicare’s trust fund would run out in eight years, and Social Security’s would run out in 16 years. It takes into account the $1.5 trillion tax bill that Republicans voted for and Trump signed into law last year.
Democrats and outside groups have consistently bashed Republicans this election cycle on healthcare. American Bridge also cited the Trump administration’s decision to support a federal lawsuit that would gut Obamacare’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
GOP Reps. Rod Blum of Iowa, Ted Budd of North Carolina, Mike Coffman of Colorado, Barbara Comstock of Virginia, Tom MacArthur of New Jersey and Mimi Walters of California are targeted by the ads.
