08
Apr
2014
"Secret bank" of Koch brothers & their oil billionaire allies pouring money into TV attack ads
DES MOINES, IA - The name may be different, but the lies are still the same.
News broke late yesterday that Freedom Partners, the "secret bank" of the Koch brothers and their oil billionaire allies, were pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into another round of misleading TV attack ads targeting Bruce Braley's record of support for policies that strengthen the middle class.
The Koch brothers' money machine last reared its head in Iowa's US Senate race with TV ads launched in January under the pseudonym Americans for Prosperity. Independent fact-checkers at the Cedar Rapids Gazette called those ads "mostly false."
By any reasonable standard, the claims contained in the Koch brothers' latest ad don't stand up to scrutiny, particularly claims about Iowans facing "cancelled [health insurance] policies." The fact is, Iowans were allowed to keep grandfathered health insurance plans and Rep. Braley supported improvements to the healthcare law that would have protected Iowans.
Braley for Iowa spokesman Jeff Giertz responded to the ad, saying, "The Koch brothers and their oil billionaire allies are once again attacking Bruce Braley with misleading ads because just like Bruce's GOP opponents they support policies that would hurt Iowa's economy, like blocking an increase in the minimum wage, undermining Medicare and Social Security, and sending us back to the days when insurance companies could kick people off their insurance when they got sick. Bruce Braley fights for Iowa's working families because that's where he comes from, and he'll keep fighting for Iowa in the US Senate."
Remember: whether it's under the banner of Americans for Prosperity or Freedom Partners, the Koch brothers support an agenda - and candidates - that oppose raising the minimum wage, call for the elimination of the Wind Production Tax Credit, oppose the Farm Bill, and even push for the elimination of the Renewable Fuels Standard. These are all policies that create jobs for and strengthen Iowa's middle class - and the Koch brothers and their allies are actively working against them.
DES MOINES, IA - The name may be different, but the lies are still the same.
News broke late yesterday that Freedom Partners, the "secret bank" of the Koch brothers and their oil billionaire allies, were pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into another round of misleading TV attack ads targeting Bruce Braley's record of support for policies that strengthen the middle class.
The Koch brothers' money machine last reared its head in Iowa's US Senate race with TV ads launched in January under the pseudonym Americans for Prosperity. Independent fact-checkers at the Cedar Rapids Gazette called those ads "mostly false."
By any reasonable standard, the claims contained in the Koch brothers' latest ad don't stand up to scrutiny, particularly claims about Iowans facing "cancelled [health insurance] policies." The fact is, Iowans were allowed to keep grandfathered health insurance plans and Rep. Braley supported improvements to the healthcare law that would have protected Iowans.
Braley for Iowa spokesman Jeff Giertz responded to the ad, saying, "The Koch brothers and their oil billionaire allies are once again attacking Bruce Braley with misleading ads because just like Bruce's GOP opponents they support policies that would hurt Iowa's economy, like blocking an increase in the minimum wage, undermining Medicare and Social Security, and sending us back to the days when insurance companies could kick people off their insurance when they got sick. Bruce Braley fights for Iowa's working families because that's where he comes from, and he'll keep fighting for Iowa in the US Senate."
Remember: whether it's under the banner of Americans for Prosperity or Freedom Partners, the Koch brothers support an agenda - and candidates - that oppose raising the minimum wage, call for the elimination of the Wind Production Tax Credit, oppose the Farm Bill, and even push for the elimination of the Renewable Fuels Standard. These are all policies that create jobs for and strengthen Iowa's middle class - and the Koch brothers and their allies are actively working against them.
