Dem group halts some ads against House GOP after legal threats; Bacon ads remain
Source: Nebraska Examiner
NRCC sent a cease and desist letter to one ad vendor, calling the ad ‘defamatory,’ Democrats call the threat ‘dirty tricks’
By: Juan Salinas II - March 21, 2025 5:00 pm
LINCOLN — A Democratic-aligned billboard ad campaign against U.S. Rep. Don Bacon in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District will stay up despite national Republicans threatening legal action against at least one of the ad’s vendors.
The targeted anti-Bacon billboards from House Majority Forward are part of a larger campaign by the DNC and Democratic-aligned groups to soften six “vulnerable” House Republicans across the country. The ads emphasize billionaire Elon Musk and his U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team’s efforts to cut federal programs and end some federal agencies.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, or NRCC, tried and, in some cases, succeeded at removing some of the ad blitz. The group’s leaders said in a news release that “Democrats were just ordered to take down billboards they launched falsely accusing Don Bacon of voting ‘to cut Medicaid’ and giving “billionaires like [Elon Musk] tax cuts.”
The NRCC release referred to the House Majority Forward billboard ad buy. It linked to a Washington Examiner article headlined “Democrats dealt messaging blow after NRCC defamation threat forces Medicaid billboards to come down.” The article specified that the NRCC had sent cease and desist letters threatening legal action if the ads weren’t taken down.
A screenshot provided by the House Majority Forward of the ad against Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska. (Courtesy of House Majority Forward)
Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/03/21/democratic-groups-halt-some-ads-against-house-gop-due-to-legal-threats-bacon-ads-continue/
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