Trump-linked PAC attacks wrong Navajo leader in video backing Republican Eli Crane
The 30-second spot attacked Jonathan Nez on taxes and affordability, and AdImpact said the group plans to spend more than $650,000 in the race.
- On Friday, the Trump-aligned No Going Back PAC began airing an attack ad in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District targeting Democrat Jonathan Nez, but the spot erroneously featured photos of a different Native American politician.
- The advertisement sought to criticize Nez, the former Navajo Nation president running against GOP Rep. Eli Crane, describing him as "backed by liberal politicians" and "pushing higher taxes."
- Twice the 30-second spot displayed Myron Lizer, who served as Nez's vice president and spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention, as the group plans to spend more than $650,000 on the race.
- AdImpact now shows an updated version of the advertisement, which a spokesperson for the super PAC confirmed was corrected shortly after the error was identified.
- Voters in AZ-02 will decide the contest on November 3rd, as Nez criticized the campaign's "disregard for the real challenges" they face following the PAC's misstep.
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Republicans yank attack ad after blunder smears one of Trump’s own convention speakers
A Trump-aligned super PAC pulled its latest attack ad against an Arizona Democrat after it repeatedly showed the wrong man, and the face it used belongs to a Republican who once spoke at Trump’s convention.The ad from No Going Back PAC targeted Jonathan Nez, the former Navajo Nation president runnin...
Pro-Trump PAC Attacks Wrong Navajo Leader
A pro-Trump group has aired an attack ad in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District race that repaintedly showed the wrong person. Never Going Back PAC, aligned with President Trump, launched a spot going after Democrat Jonathan Nez, the formation Navajo Nation president challenging GOP Rep. Eli Crane, the Washington Post r...
GOP Attack Ad Misidentifies Its Democratic Target
“A Republican group linked to President Donald Trump began airing an attack ad on Friday targeting Jonathan Nez, the former president of the Navajo Nation and Democrat running against Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ),” the Washington Post reports. “The one problem with the ad? It misidentified Nez twice, using a photo of Myron Lizer, Nez’s vice […]
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