ICYMI: Ron Johnson’s Finances, Abortion Stance Targeted in New Ads [Bloomberg]

Today, End Citizens United // Let America Vote, along with Senate Majority PAC, released a new $1.9 million ad buy in the Wisconsin Senate race highlighting how Senator Ron Johnson only cares about himself and his wealthy donors. The ad hits Johnson for putting himself, his corporate donors, and China above Wisconsin families who are being squeezed by corporate price gouging.

In the ad:

• Johnson’s net worth has doubled since taking office.
• Johnson has taken over $1 million from Big Oil and drug companies, then voted to let them keep jacking up prices on Wisconsin families.
• Ron Johnson profits from investing in Chinese factories.

This weekend, End Citizens United // Let America Vote President Tiffany Muller and Senator Amy Klobuchar will be in Wisconsin rallying for Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes.

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Bloomberg: Ron Johnson’s Finances, Abortion Stance Targeted in New Ads

Ken Doyle
09/16/22

Key Points:

• The Senate Majority PAC is spending $3.5 million, in one case with another group, on the two ads in the competitive race, which the nonpartisan Cook Political Report with Amy Walter rates as a toss-up.
• Johnson, who is seeking a third term, is the most vulnerable Republican incumbent and faces Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Johnson led Barnes 49%-48% among likely voters — within the margin of error — in a Marquette University poll released yesterday. Barnes led Johnson 52%-45% last month in the same poll.
• The Senate Majority PAC joined with End Citizens United/Let America Vote to spend $1.9 million on the ad on Johnson’s finances, which alleges he has enriched himself since arriving in the Senate. It’s the first time the group aligned with Schumer (D-N.Y.) has partnered on an ad with the organization, which is focused on campaign finance and voting issues.
• “The only ones profiting are oil companies, big corporations, China, and Ron Johnson,” says a woman in the ad, while shopping in a grocery store. She also alleges that Johnson “makes money from investments and factories in China.”
• The ad cites a Guardian report that Johnson made $57 million while in the Senate in connection to his ownership stake in a company linked to China. A Johnson spokesman said in the Guardian report that the senator had no connection to his family company’s interactions with Chinese companies.

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