Here’s the Saturday open line. And tell me:
Do the algorithms on your web habits line up right? Are ads popping up promoting the notion that Clarke Tucker, the Democratic nominee for 2nd District Congress, would be a tool of Nancy Pelosi (who Tucker has distanced himself from)?
The ads take you to a website created by Sen.Tom Cotton’s PAC, the Republican Majority Fund, which is devoted to electing people like him (think banker 2nd District
This follows the Russian election model. Find an appealing scare tactic, no matter how big the lie, and shovel gigabytes of it down the social media throats of true believers. Keep them motivated. Worked for Trump. Might work for Cotton’s boy French.
One thing is clear: Tucker is viewed as a threat. They weren’t dumping huge sums into ad buys in May 2016 against Diane Curry, the unknown Democratic nominee who nonetheless beat French Hill in his hometown. Scaring off potential swing voters is the name of this game.
Perhaps somebody should create a frenchkoch2018 website. The Koch brothers are among the plutocratic, earth-warming, immigrant-hating deep pockets behind Cotton ($8 million in his first Senate race) and, thus, Hill. Hill and Cotton have been doing their work for some time, working to prop up the carbon burning industry.
I don’t happen to fear Nancy Pelosi. Tom Cotton and Donald Trump and enablers like French Hill? Different story.