Mike Pence group targets Democrats with $10M ad buy

Published March 7, 2022 3:50pm ET



The political nonprofit organization run by former Vice President Mike Pence is launching a $10 million advertising campaign pressuring more than a dozen House Democrats to embrace American energy independence amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Advancing American Freedom is targeting 16 incumbent House Democrats across 11 states with a 30-second spot linking President Joe Biden’s energy agenda to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ad, running on broadcast and cable television and digital platforms, claims Biden’s decision to accede to the demands of “radical environmentalists” and cancel the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States helped Russian strongman Vladimir Putin fund the deadly and unprovoked attack.

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