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PA10: Perry Links DePasquale to AOC in Opening TV Ad

Linking the Democratic candidate to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the Green New Deal, and defunding the police appears to be the GOP playbook for the 2020 cycle in competitive districts across the nation. Rep. Scott Perry (R-York) is out of the gates attempting to tag his challenger, Eugene DePasquale to all three and more, in his first TV ad

“Socialized Medicine takes away your private insurance and leads to long waits to see a doctor,” Perry says to camera at the beginning of the 30 second spot titled, “Plain Crazy.” “The Green New Deal kills Pennsylvania’s energy industry while giving China a huge competitive advantage.”

“Defunding our police? That’s just plain crazy,” Perry continues, as an image appears on the screen of Ocasio-Cortez and DePasquale with the label, “Radical Socialist Agenda.” “Yet AOC and Eugene DePasquale support all these plans.”

In the second half of the ad, Perry details his military service as proof he will never stop fighting to ensure that America isn’t turned into a “socialist nation.” 

The DePasquale campaign fired back describing every charge in the attack ad as a lie. 

“Literally everything Scott Perry says about Eugene in his attack ad is a bald-faced lie,” said Deputy Campaign Manager, Kunal Atit. “Perry can’t defend his record of putting his corporate special interest donors ahead of the people he’s supposed to represent, so he’s resorted to making things up completely.”

“The fact that Scott Perry has resorted to such blatant lies so early, shows he’s desperate,” Atit continued. 

During the Democratic primary, DePasquale was often hit from the left by Tom Brier for not supporting a more progressive agenda. During a Democratic primary debate, DePasquale said he prefers a public option, while improving the Affordable Care Act, not backing a Medicare for All plan. 

In late June, DePasquale’s campaign sent out a press release announcing his support for “common sense reforms” to local law enforcement such as “curbing the transfer of military grade weapons to local law enforcement, equipping law enforcement with anti-bias training, and banning the use of chokeholds.” While DePasquale advocates for changes within policing, he says in that same release that “defunding our police departments is not the answer.”

On DePasquale’s campaign website’s “Climate and the Environment” page, the Democratic hopeful says that the nation must take “aggressive action to truly tackle the climate change crisis, while creating good clean energy jobs.” He touts endorsements from the League of Conservation Voters and Clean Water Action Pennsylvania, but has said that he does not support the Green New Deal, according to a story from the York Dispatch in July 2019.

Perry, who is serving in his fourth term in Congress, edged out Democrat George Scott by just over 2.5 points in 2018 in the newly drawn district with boundaries that voted for President Donald Trump by 10 points in 2016. Perry’s latest bid was his closest victory since being voted into Congress in 2012 in a district that was far more conservative at the time.

A trio of national ratings outlets have this currently rated as the tightest congressional race this fall. Inside Elections lists the race in PA10 as Tilt Republican, while Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball and the Cook Political Report has it as a Toss-Up.

This story was updated to note that DePasquale told the York Dispatch that he does not support the Green New Deal.

12 Responses

  1. All of this linking middle of the road Dems to AOC is absurd. This is “inside the beltway” insider political advisor nonsense concocted in DC that will not be effective because aside from diehard Republicans no one is buying it. Elections are won appealing to the wallet or health matters but not political philosophic manipulations.

    1. You maybe right. Unfortunately the reality of the situation is that moderates like DePasquale and Lamb are nothing more than rubber stamps for the Democrat congressional agenda which is currently be driven by Pelosi, AOC and her squad.

    2. People aren’t recognizing what is really happening in this country right in front of your eyes. AOC is going to be for progressivism what Reagan was to conservatism 50 years ago. The millennials are fed up with the 1%ers holding all the wealth and benefits of the tax code. Combine this with the leadership failure from Trump, Moscow Mitch and the merry band of old white DC Republicans and yes, there is a substantial change happening in this country.

  2. Scott, as a vet will you ever seek treatment from the SOCIALIST VA or when you retire will you sign up for SOCIALIST Medicare? Or will you just let your fate to the greedy insurance companies who will deny you care so that their fat cat CEO’s can get big salaries & bonuses?

  3. Wow, PoliticsPA headlining a racist ad from a racist GOP candidate in PA. Shocking? NOT.

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