WFB:
Nevada admits border visit highlighted in campaign ad was taxpayer-funded.
Just a few months after Democratic congresswoman Jacky Rosen (Nev.) introduced legislation taking aim at her colleagues for using taxpayer money to aid reelection campaigns, Rosen used video from what she now admits was a taxpayer funded trip to the border in a campaign ad courting Hispanic voters.
Rosen disclosed last week to Politifact that her trip was official business as a rebuttal to charges from her Republican opponent that she skipped votes in Congress to “attend a publicity stunt” at the border. Her disclosure, however, has now opened the door to criticism from state Republicans who wonder why images of her official trip appeared in campaign ads, especially given her legislative call for stricter barriers between official and campaign budgets.
Rosen introduced her bill, the No Free Campaigns for Congress Act of 2018, in March and argued members “should be using their office budgets to fight for their constituents and serve the people they represent, not help themselves get reelected.”
“Jacky Rosen was high and mighty on her soapbox earlier this year when she said members of Congress should never use their office budgets to help them get reelected,” Michael McDonald, chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, told the Washington Free Beacon. “Now she’s admitting she did exactly that when she used taxpayer dollars for a campaign photo op.” more here
Silly Republicans. She’s a Democrat. Laws such as the one she introduced should only apply to the GOP. How do you expect them to do what’s best for you if you expect them to follow the same laws that everyone else does.
” Michael McDonald, chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, told the Washington Free Beacon…”
Michael McDonald? You mean the guy that destroyed the Doobie Brothers?