A group aligned with the Democratic Governors Association has released two new ads knocking Tom Tiffany as a “MAGA extremist,” its first paid media going after the GOP gubernatorial frontrunner.
The DGA said the ads from Protecting Our Wisconsin will run on TV and streaming platforms. AdImpact had tracked nearly $477,000 in buys on broadcast TV as of late yesterday in the Milwaukee, Green Bay and La Crosse-Eau Claire markets.
The 15-second spots come as Tiffany, a GOP congressman from Minocqua endorsed by Donald Trump, has been up on the air with positive biographical ads while a crowded Dem field fights it out for the party’s nomination on Aug. 11. AdImpact has tracked $4.7 million in media buys from Tiffany’s campaign through this week.
One of the new Protecting Our Wisconsin ads hits Tiffany on abortion. The narrator says he backed a bill to criminalize the procedure with no exceptions for rape or incest.
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“He even voted against protecting access to birth control for women,” the narrator says to close the spot.
The narrator in the second spot says Tiffany supported Jan. 6 rioters, voted to shield Q-Anon radicals and wanted to overturn Wisconsin’s election results for Trump.
Both ads conclude with the line, “Tom Tiffany’s agenda is too extreme.”
