The National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP’s campaign arm, is running an ad praising Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL) for standing up to Donald Trump.
Dold, who represents Illinois’ 10th Congressional District, is one of the most endangered incumbent House Republicans of the election cycle, according to the National Review’s report on the ad.
“Dold is an independent voice who stood up to Donald Trump months ago,” the narrator in the ad says, after calling the congressman “one of the most bi-partisan members of Congress.”
The ad then cuts to Dold saying on CNN: “I think Donald Trump has disqualified himself.”
The ad has been on air since earlier this week, but it does not appear on the NRCC’s website and the NRCC declined to comment on it, according to the National Review.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Trump has no more large-dollar fundraising events scheduled for the remainder of the campaign. While the Republican presidential candidate will continue to raise money online, his campaign said, his forgoing of high-dollar fundraisers will cut off a main source of funding for the Republican National Committee that could be used to establish a nation-wide ground game that would in turn help Republicans down-ballot.
Watch the ad below:
I have no idea what’s happening with the world anymore. How is Trump fucking closing the fucking gap again? HOW? What is wrong with these dumb fucking people? I can’t…I can’t do this. The fact that he’s a rapist means nothing? The fact that he openly assaults women sexually, means nothing? WHAT IS HAPPENING???
Nothing we don’t want to happen. The GOP is plunging into a much anticipated civil war, polls are remaining very favorable. Life is good…
I just … it’s … I mean … holy crap.
The top Republican campaign arm looking to keep Republican control of the House is disavowing the Republican presidential nominee.
No he isn’t. Like Kirk, he’s a jerk-wad Republican who throws a couple of “moderate” opinions right around election time in the hope that no one has noticed that he’s a jerk-wad Republican. Hopefully his constituents aren’t fooled again.
From what I read, there’s been a bit of regression to the mean since Trump’s series of disastrous news stories and debates. It’s a natural thing, especially in a hyperpartisan environment. It’s not significant. The GOP could have run the reanimated corpse of Al Capone and gotten what Trump’s getting. Nobody has ever come back from the deficit he has now. In the sense that anything could happen, sure, it could happen. But it probably won’t. Shoot some bucks to Hillary or make some calls, if you have time, knock on some doors, stuff some envelopes. It really helps.
Uh huh. Kind of remarkable. But Ryan said the other day, do what you have to do, it’s cool. Sauve qui peut is the French: Save yourself if you can, everyone. In Python its “Run away! Run away!” I don’t know how Wisconsonians would say it.