The super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was scheduled Wednesday to hit Los Angeles television with an advertisement that accuses Democrat Gil Cisneros of being a sexual harasser who invested money in Iran.
The hard-hitting ad from Congressional Leadership Fund, directed at Orange County voters in California’s 39th Congressional District, aims to protect an open, Republican-held seat that could fall to the Democrats in the midterm elections. President Trump lost the historically Republican, suburban seat to Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Cisneros is a Navy veteran and philanthropist backed by money he won in the lottery. The Republicans are running Young Kim, a former state assemblyman. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., is retiring.
Here’s the script of CLF’s 30-second spot, which will also run on digital platforms:
What would you do if you won $200 million in the lottery?
Gil Cisneros invested tens of thousands in companies doing business in Iran – a country that brags about killing Americans.
And hundreds of thousands in companies that evade paying their taxes – ripping off taxpayers.
Now Cisneros has been accused of sexual harassment by a prominent Democrat.
Gil Cisneros…shady deals.
Bad behavior.
He can’t be trusted.
House Republicans are playing defense in suburbs across the country. CLF has set up shop in dozens of endangered districts, running a voter turnout operation to accompany its advertising. The super PAC did not disclose how much money it planned to spend on the Cisneros ad.
