Ad watch: Abortion rights group targets Cathy McMorris Rodgers on family separation policy
The ad buy is the first negative buy by an outside group in a contest that has already seen attack ads, and its message overlooks part of
"Children could still be orphaned by your government," a voiceover in the ad, which will begin airing on local TV stations this week, says. "And at every turn, Rep.
Equity Forward produced the ad, titled "Thousands." The claim ignores her vote for failed federal legislation that required detained children to be kept with their parents and her reported work on a bill that would have explicitly addressed family separations.
A statement from the group, released with the ad, acknowledges this work. But the ad encourages constituents to contact the congresswoman's office and tell her to take a tougher stand against the policy "to return all the children and hold the administration accountable," using stock images and audio of minors detained at the border.
"While
The group says it has purchased a "six figure TV ad buy" targeting
Reports filed with the
"She can't unilaterally advance a piece of legislation into law," Powell said.
The congresswoman has also issued statements condemning the policy and talked to members of the administration about potential fixes, Powell said.
In addition, the congresswoman was reported to have been working on legislation following the failure of a pair of immigration reform bills that addressed family separation alone. She confirmed the existence of the legislation to the national Congressional news outlet The Hill in late June, but that bill has not yet been introduced in the
The group also produced a poll before the primary election showing that a majority of likely voters in
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