Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) will run a TV ad later this week to defend himself against the National Rifle Association’s hefty attack ad buys, Politico reported Monday.
As of Sunday, the content of the ad and the amount Manchin’s reelection campaign would spend on it were not yet finalized. Manchin aide Jonathan Kott told Politico that the ad will at least match the NRA’s buy.
”The Washington NRA leadership is clearly out of step with the American people and law abiding gun owners, and is now attacking Senator Manchin for a position they once supported,” Kott told Politico. “The Washington NRA leadership is trying to distort Senator Manchin’s commitment to the [Second] Amendment because they know he is one of the most credible defenders of gun rights who also believes that it just makes sense to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those found severely mentally ill.”
This post has been updated.
