More on the Reynolds race in New York from TPM Reader AJV …
Josh, I live in Reynolds district and the reason I think he has pulled ahead is his Social Security bamboozlement TV commercials. He claims he wants to save social security and uses out of context comments from his opponent. They have Jack Davis saying “We need to increase the retirement age” and “those may need to be reduced down” referring to SS benefits. These commercials are everywhere. And Davis has not had a response ad to counter the claim.
It’s classic SS bamboozlement. And in our district, it plays big time.
Also some background- last election the race was again Davis(D) vs Reynolds(R) and it was very close. So I thought the Foley thing would be the tipping point.
This is actually a big issue. And I’ve seen it in this race, the Roskam-Duckworth race in Illinois and other places. Roskam seems by far the worst offender. But I’m more than a little disheartened that the Dems haven’t pushed back harder on this. The local press is entirely complicit in transparent lying from GOP candidates like Reynolds and especially Roskam.
Remember, Roskam is a strong supporter of phasing out Social Security and replacing it with private accounts. Is anyone hearing that in the Roskam-Duckworth race?
