August 22, 2022 11:34am EDT
Campaign ads show Democrats running Republican messages as they seek to distance themselves from Biden, party
Many Democratic campaign ads feature candidates going against Biden, Democrats
By Thomas Phippen | Fox News
In a recent political ad titled "Blame Washington," a Senate hopeful places the blame for economic woes on politicians who "set the rules, weakened the supply chain and spiked inflation."
The ad was not from a Republican, but from Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate running for Senate in the midterm elections. His ad, which blames politicians, Washington, and even the Democratic Party currently in control of Congress and the White House, is far from an outlier in recent political advertisements.
Over a dozen political ads from across the country reviewed by Fox News Digital show Democratic candidates campaigning as being independent of their own party leaders, with some even highlighting how they opposed President Biden's agenda.
"I stood up to some in my own party and pushed to cut the gas tax, and to hire more police officers," Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., says in an ad that launched in July. Kildee, like others, votes with Biden 100%, but his ad and others indicate a trend many Democrats are taking headed into a midterm cycle which historically does not favor the party in power.
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