The political arm of Citizens United will spend six figures to back Republican Jesse Kelly, becoming the latest outside group to wade into the special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
The $100,000 television ad boosting Kelly and opposing Democrat Ron Barber will run in southern Arizona from May 16-25, the first week of early voting ahead of the June 12 special election.
The ad paints Kelly as a protector of Medicare and Barber, because of his support for President Obama’s healthcare reform, as a threat to Medicare’s future.
“ObamaCare hikes taxes, kills jobs, increases the deficit. Ron Barber won’t vote to repeal ObamaCare. But Jesse Kelly will,” says the narrator in the ad.
Kelly had long supported the privatization and phasing-out of Medicare, but recently reversed course and is portraying himself as a champion of entitlements for senior citizens.
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