- Paul Krugman hits Paul Ryan for using a “racial dog-whistle”, Salon.com, March 17, 2017.
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At first glance, the ad purports to attack Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders: Calling him “too liberal for Iowa,” the ad, first flagged by the New York Times, knocks the Vermont senator’s proposals for free college, Medicare for all, and raising taxes on the wealthy.
“Sen. Bernie Sanders has some very big plans,” the ad intones. Unlike most attack ads, this one substitutes grainy, black-and-white images of the candidate with bright, sunny images of people benefitting from his proposals – students and parents on graduation day, doctors caring for patients – while “Wall Street” money men furtively huddle amid ominous shadows.
The ad, however, is a triple-reverse of sorts: it’s Republican produced and it’s designed to hurt Democrats by promoting Sanders as an unabashed liberal, and the presidential candidate the GOP would rather face on Election Day.
“Bernie wants to provide free college for our young people. No tuition – completely free,” the narrator says. “Now Bernie’s doubling down with Medicare for all, which is basically single-payer, government-sponsored health care: no big insurance companies, just more government spending, paid for by raising taxes on Wall Street, big business and the super rich.”
The ad was produced by ESA Fund, a super PAC founded by major Republican donor and former TD Ameritrade executive Joe Ricketts, and is backed by a $600,000 television buy in the Hawkeye State.
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