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BumRushDaShow

(172,501 posts) Sun May 24, 2026, 02:32 PM 2 hrs ago

Dems weaponize Epstein in anti-GOP midterm ads

Source: msn/Axios

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Several top Democratic candidates in the midterms are airing scathing ads linking their Republican foes to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal — betting that the Trump administration's reluctance to release the Epstein files still resonates with voters.

Why it matters: Democrats are mostly focusing on high prices, health care and Trump's war against Iran, but some also are trying to tie Republicans to the late sex offender as part of a broader message accusing the GOP of protecting the corrupt elite.

Zoom in: In the hotly contested Ohio Senate race, Democrat Sherrod Brown has spent nearly $1.5 million on TV ads slamming his GOP rival, freshman Sen. Jon Husted, for previously taking donations from Epstein financial client Leslie Wexner, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

In fact, the only two ads Brown has aired this year have attacked Husted over Epstein, per AdImpact.

Husted spokesperson Amy Natoce told Axios the campaign has "donated all available funds" from Wexner "to an anti-human trafficking charity."

Husted's campaign has also noted that Brown previously accepted donations from Wexner's wife. Wexner, for his part, has said that Epstein conned him.

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Dems weaponize Epstein in anti-GOP midterm ads (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago OP

We really need to lock in on cost of living. RandySF 2 hrs ago #1

There are many issues blue-wave 2 hrs ago #2

Cost of living is the one thing that the right wing can't manipulate... AKing 2 hrs ago #3

I'd consider doing a clip ad of Trump saying "I am not a pedophile" along with Nixon claiming he's not a crook. cstanleytech 1 hr ago #4

Go buy a billboard. Use some of these photos (some SLIGHTLY altered) usonian 1 hr ago #5

RandySF

(86,410 posts)

1. We really need to lock in on cost of living.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 02:33 PM

2 hrs ago

blue-wave

(5,581 posts)

2. There are many issues

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Sun May 24, 2026, 02:46 PM

2 hrs ago

we need to lock in. Epstein and cost of living are two of them. They are both promises made by Trump but not kept. There should be a priority list of issues from the DNC to guide the party. Then we should hit each one as hard as we can.

AKing

(516 posts)

3. Cost of living is the one thing that the right wing can't manipulate...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 03:05 PM

2 hrs ago

When they're filling up their car and paying 35% or more to fill up, or going into a grocery store and buying 200.00 worth of groceries that cost 150.00 a little over a year they are going to notice regardless of what One América or whatever right-wing kook channel they're listening to.
It's sad but the Epstein issue is not going to hold the same weight as what everyday expenses are costing voters every single day.
Cost of living must be the number one issue!