News: American Action Network, the Congressional Leadership Fund-aligned group, is launching a $3.2 million digital ad buy boosting vulnerable House Republicans for backing the GOP reconciliation package. The ad buy also slams Democratic Frontliners for opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill, now rebranded in GOP parlance as the Working Families Tax Cut.
The pro-GOP argument: The spots running in Republican districts, like this ad supporting Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.), focus on the tax policies of the GOP package. A homicide detective thanks Mackenzie for voting to cut taxes on overtime pay and “kick criminal illegals off Medicaid.”
“He knows I earned my overtime check and criminal illegals should be in jail or deported, not getting handouts,” the detective says of MacKenzie in the ad.
It’s interesting to see GOP ads leaning into Medicaid reform as Democrats spent months slamming Republicans for health care cuts.
The anti-Democrat argument: In one spot targeting Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), a waitress lambasts Lee for voting no on the reconciliation package.
“Susie Lee could’ve stopped taxing tips. But she voted no,” the waitress says. “She’d rather use that money to keep illegals on Medicaid.”
Here’s the full list of the 25 districts targeted in the AAN ad buy.
