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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) It is just less than a month away from the August 4, 2020 primary election. This means more political ads have been airing on TV, radio and online, but one major Senate candidate is having more ad trouble than others.
The fight is on for republican candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in Kansas. Two of the major players are Kris Kobach and current U.S. Representative Roger Marshall. President Trump has been a fan of Kobach since his run for Kansas governor in 2018. But the president may be changing his mind about the conservative candidate.
The New York Times reported that President Trump asked the political action committee (PAC), The Club for Growth, to stop running ads targeting Marshall. Kobach said he didnt know if the reporting by the Times was true.
The Club for Growth has been opposed to Roger Marshall for many years, not just in this election cycle but in previous cycles, said Kobach.
In a statement, The Club for Growth PAC said they stopped anti-Marshall ads on June 26. They continued:
We continue to believe Rep. Marshall is not a strong pro-growth candidate. But the Club for Growth PAC is not endorsing in this race and Club for Growth Action will be deploying resources in other critical House and Senate primaries.
https://www.ksn.com/news/capitol-bureau/kobach-target-of-white-nationalist-senate-ads/
Shrek
(3,986 posts)It's on both TV and radio and I see/hear it several times a day.
CatLady78
(1,041 posts)Wow...times have changed!
I did not know you could do that..The Club for Growth of course..but straight up white nationalist ads..wow...
Edit: Lol ok...nm. I scanned the replies before reading the article. I thought a neo nazi group was actually advertising on tv. I would presume there is some rule related to broadcasting that prevents that...
Shrek
(3,986 posts)There's an ad being run by a PAC asserting that one of Kobach's staffers has ties to a white nationalist group.
It just seemed so in keeping with the times ...
And I am looking for what regulations keep that from happening and cannot find anything specific. There has to be something or the airwaves would have been full of that rubbish long ago...