Tuesday, September 8, 2009
2:29 PM
DNC ad targets Ryan, GOP on Medicare
The Democratic National Committee has put U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan in the crosshairs of its latest TV ad.
The spot says Ryan "voted to abolish Medicare" in an April 2009 vote, and says "Republicans have opposed Medicare from the start."
Another 30-second spot, titled "Republicans Want to End Medicare," features a still photo of the Janesville Republican alongside a photo of House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, in the ad's first frame. Ryan is also shown near the end of the spot during a slide show of other prominent Republicans, from RNC chair Michael Steele to former Speaker Newt Gingrich to former President George W. Bush.
"The plain truth is Republicans have opposed Medicare from the start," an announcer says in the ad. "Their leaders have called for cutting Medicare and now for killing it."
The Dem ad, however, has been already condemned by FactCheck.org as "not true." The nonpartisan watchdog group reports that the vote used to justify the ad's claims "was not a straight up-or-down vote on the existence of Medicare."
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