Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 2:15:14 GMT -6
The gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety continued to criticize its former ally Gov. Terry McAuliffe in a full-page newspaper ad Tuesday that cast doubt on the safety benefits of the gun deal the governor struck with Republican leaders last month.
The ad by the group, which is backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, lists several quotes by the governor touting the deal’s safety improvements and labels each statement “false.”
The governor’s office on Tuesday called the ad “misleading” and said McAuliffe stands by the deal, “even in the face of Mr. Bloomberg’s negative politics.”
The ad, published in Tuesday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch, is the latest surprising salvo against the governor by a group that spent more than $2.4 million to support McAuliffe-backed Democrats in last year’s legislative elections. Everytown had already launched a social-media campaign comparing McAuliffe to National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre, but the newspaper ad is the group’s most in-depth critique yet of a deal McAuliffe has touted as a historic breakthrough on guns.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_f55b09ed-7c37-59af-b3fb-c3135d2b8217.html
The ad by the group, which is backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, lists several quotes by the governor touting the deal’s safety improvements and labels each statement “false.”
The governor’s office on Tuesday called the ad “misleading” and said McAuliffe stands by the deal, “even in the face of Mr. Bloomberg’s negative politics.”
The ad, published in Tuesday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch, is the latest surprising salvo against the governor by a group that spent more than $2.4 million to support McAuliffe-backed Democrats in last year’s legislative elections. Everytown had already launched a social-media campaign comparing McAuliffe to National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre, but the newspaper ad is the group’s most in-depth critique yet of a deal McAuliffe has touted as a historic breakthrough on guns.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_f55b09ed-7c37-59af-b3fb-c3135d2b8217.html