The conservative Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) is going to after 1st District Rep. Tim Walz for voting against the Republicans' proposal to cut $61 billion in spending.
The group is spending $15,000 on radio ads against the Mankato Democrat. The ads begin with former President Ronald Regan saying "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem."
The ad narrator says it has been 30 years since Reagan spoke those words and now "the American dream is being suffocated by the explosive growth of government under President Obama and Nancy Pelosi. In 2010, Americans told Washington to stop the spending and put America back to work."
The narrator goes on to criticize Obama for proposing a budget that "increases taxes, spending and debt." It then attacks Walz for support Obama and voting against the Republicans' budget-cutting proposal and urges his constitutents to call his office.
"Tell him that voting against budget cuts doesn't cut it. Tell him to stop the spending now to make America great again."
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The group is spending a total of $450,000 on these radio ads in 22 House districts across the country. Some of the ads are in support of Republican lawmakers who did vote for the cuts — including newly-elected 8th District Minnesota Congressman Chip Cravaack.
This ad campaign comes as Walz is planning a stop at a Rochester grocery store tomorrow as part of a "Congress on Your Corner" event. It will be interesting to see what kind of feedback he gets from voters on the budget issue.
