Dameon Farrow
Superstar
....she supposedly wants to get rid of menthol cigarettes. Life is like a Boondocks episode example no. 150,235
news.yahoo.com
The new ad campaign from Building America’s Future and Americans for Consumer Protection, described to NBC News by a Building America’s Future official, will primarily target Black voters in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Through digital advertising, text messages and direct mail, the message will try to frame the Biden-Harris administration as out of touch for focusing on a menthol cigarette ban over other issues.
“Instead of solving the problems that matter to you, Kamala Harris and D.C. Democrats are coming after your menthol cigarettes,”
a narrator in a new digital ad says.
“We’ve got bigger problems to deal with, and so do Democrats,” the ad continues, with headlines about the “border crisis” and the “fentanyl crisis” displayed on the screen.
While the Biden administration proposed the ban in 2021, it delayed its implementation in April. Black smokers are significantly more likely to use menthol cigarettes, according to government data, and the proposed ban has divided civil rights and health care groups.
Republicans see messaging like this as a potential way to blunt Harris’ consolidation of her party’s base, as she remains locked in a tight race against former President Donald Trump.
“Vice President Harris’ coronation completely reset this race because she was able to consolidate the Democrats’ most important constituency — Black voters,” Ryan Tyson, the head of the Tyson Group, wrote in a memo shared with NBC News by Building America’s Future summarizing the group’s recent polling.
“A way Republicans can combat Harris’ rise in the polls is to drive Blacks away from her,” he continued. “Highlighting Harris’ support for a ban on menthol cigarettes could be the niche message that can get this done.”
How one group is trying to weaken Harris' standing with Black voters: From the Politics Desk
A conservative group is aiming to weaken Kamala Harris' standing with Black voters, launching an ad campaign on a White House proposal to ban menthol cigarettes.
How one group is trying to weaken Harris’ standing with Black voters
By Ben Kamisar
A conservative nonprofit group plans to spend $10 million in the hopes of chipping away at Vice President Kamala Harris’ key base of Black voter support by criticizing the White House’s proposal to ban menthol cigarettes.The new ad campaign from Building America’s Future and Americans for Consumer Protection, described to NBC News by a Building America’s Future official, will primarily target Black voters in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Through digital advertising, text messages and direct mail, the message will try to frame the Biden-Harris administration as out of touch for focusing on a menthol cigarette ban over other issues.
“Instead of solving the problems that matter to you, Kamala Harris and D.C. Democrats are coming after your menthol cigarettes,”
a narrator in a new digital ad says.“We’ve got bigger problems to deal with, and so do Democrats,” the ad continues, with headlines about the “border crisis” and the “fentanyl crisis” displayed on the screen.
While the Biden administration proposed the ban in 2021, it delayed its implementation in April. Black smokers are significantly more likely to use menthol cigarettes, according to government data, and the proposed ban has divided civil rights and health care groups.
Republicans see messaging like this as a potential way to blunt Harris’ consolidation of her party’s base, as she remains locked in a tight race against former President Donald Trump.
“Vice President Harris’ coronation completely reset this race because she was able to consolidate the Democrats’ most important constituency — Black voters,” Ryan Tyson, the head of the Tyson Group, wrote in a memo shared with NBC News by Building America’s Future summarizing the group’s recent polling.
“A way Republicans can combat Harris’ rise in the polls is to drive Blacks away from her,” he continued. “Highlighting Harris’ support for a ban on menthol cigarettes could be the niche message that can get this done.”
