The Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAullife race is as tight as ever and it has become an election where the 2nd Amendment is a key issue.
The Virginia gubernatorial race is heating up and now the Dominion power company is withdrawing its support for a political group after it was revealed that their donations were used to fund anti-Youngkin ads.
The dubious ad campaign that caused this firestorm targeted Glenn Youngkin as someone that can’t be trusted on the issue of guns.
This ad was interesting because the group behind it seems to be coming from a conservative angle with their comparison of Trump to Youngkin; that said it’s clearly an anti-Youngkin ad and the election is past the point of a primary. It would appear that this ad is not trying to encourage people to vote for any particular candidate but instead, it is trying to get people to stay home on election day.
This kind of political advert is extremely deceptive and gives those who work in political advertising a bad name. It was this advert that got Dominion power to withdraw its support for the organization that it donated money to.
The group, Accountability Virginia PAC, has ties to the Democrat party as reported by Axios. The report by Axios revealed that this PAC had its donations page hosted by ActBlue, a Democrat fundraising platform, and it used a digital marketing firm co-founded by the digital director of Joe Biden’s Presidential campaign.
The severity of the fallout from this event was made immediately clear by Dominion CEO Robert Blue. Blue told The Washington Post that “Although familiar with the Accountability Virginia PAC sponsors, we failed to vet sufficiently the scope of their intended activities… In as much, we have asked that our contributions be returned.“
Despite this statement by Dominion CEO Robert Blue, many are throwing doubt as to his sincerity. Dominion gave as much as $75,000 to the Accountability Virginia PAC after Axios had broken the story about the deceptive advertising.
The story doesn’t end here though, one state Senator, David R. Suetterlein (R-Roanoke), told The Washington Post that his constituents in rural areas were getting these ads but residents of more suburban areas were getting ads that claimed Youngkin was extremely radical on guns. “Most people were not seeing both messages, but both messages were being put out by groups clearly aligned to help McAuliffe,” Senator Suetterlein said.
Dishonesty and deception in political advertising, nothing new really but it’s important to note as people clearly are not hearing the full story.
Want to know the truth about this election as it pertains to the 2nd Amendment? Read our article titled “Terry McAuliffe is Just Another Gun Grabber, Virginians Beware…“
