Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke has the luxury of running for re-election in a conservative state, so it's surprising that he's running a very defensive commercial. In fact, Zinke violates rule number one of politics and repeats his opponent's charges against him. Right off the bat, the narrator says that Denise Juneau, Zinke's Democratic opponent, "claimed Congressman Zinke wanted to sell our public lands. Fact checkers said that's not true."
The rest of the ad argues that Zinke actually stood up to his own party to protect lands, and that Juneau is a liar. There has been no public polling here, and national groups don't appear to have made any ad reservations for this seat. However, Zinke's reaction to Juneau's ads suggests that he thinks that her attacks on him over public lands could cause him some trouble.
Let's give Zinke more reasons to worry. Please chip in $3 to Denise Juneau today.
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