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Dem super PAC runs ads against ‘Trumpcare’

by Ben Kamisar - 03/09/17 10:22 AM ET

A Democratic super PAC that backed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid will spend six figures on a new digital ad campaign that blasts the GOP’s ObamaCare replacement plan.

The push from Priorities USA specifically targets both millennials and those over 50-years-old who voted for President Trump with ads that say both groups are being left behind by the party’s plan, which Democrats are pejoratively referring to as ‘TrumpCare.’

Both groups will be peppered with age-specific advertising arguing that their premiums will rise under the plan.

“Trumpcare puts tax cuts for millionaires ahead of guaranteeing affordable health care,” Priorities Executive Director Patrick McHugh said in a statement.

{mosads}”Donald Trump’s priorities show he is betraying the working Americans he promised to put first. As we work to oppose this awful plan, it is critical we make sure voters know whose side Donald Trump is really on.”

The group’s ads will run in the key 2018 Senate battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, Nevada and Arizona, while also targeting Alaska and Maine, home to moderate Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins respectively.

Those senators wield key votes on the repeal, which requires virtually all of the Republican caucus’ support.

Collins has already expressed caution about the bill, telling Yahoo News that she has “a lot of concerns about it.”

Since the election, Priorities has repositioned itself as towards supporting the broader anti-Trump movement and protecting voting rights.

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