Danny McAuliffe
Americans For Prosperity-Florida is launching a digital and direct mail effort to encourage U.S. Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Their target: Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.
Announced Tuesday, the Florida chapter of the Koch-funded think tank will be backing the campaign with a six-figure sum. Trump announced last week that Kavanaugh is his pick to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
“Judge Brett Kavanaugh is renowned for his demonstrated commitment to defending the Constitution and interpreting the law as written,” AFP-FL state director Chris Hudson said. “President Trump succeeded in nominating a jurist who exercises judicial restraint and doesn’t legislate from the bench, and that is exactly why Senator Nelson should confirm this nominee to replace Justice Kennedy.”
The campaign isn’t exclusive to Florida. AFP called it a “multi-million dollar” effort across various states. Direct mail pieces will be sent to voters in Florida, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and North Dakota — all of which are states where President Donald Trump won in 2016 and have at least one Democratic sitting U.S. Senator.
As well, a new thirty-second digital ad and website were unveiled.
From the voice over in the digital ad: “We are a country of laws, freedom and justice. For the second time in recent years, our country has a historic opportunity to see another defender of the constitution appointed to the Supreme Court.
“Judge Kavanaugh will interpret the law as it is written. Judge Kavanaugh has the integrity and character to serve on our highest court of justice and will respect our constitution and the rule of law.”
The ad ends with a prompt for watchers to contact their Senator (Nelson, in Florida’s case) in support of Judge Kavanaugh.
Hudson said the direct mail and digital efforts will be complemented by canvassing and phone banking across the state.
Nelson is undoubtedly expected to vote against Kavanaugh, but he hasn’t been as critical of the judge as his Democratic colleagues have. In fact, he’s remained relatively quiet and noncommittal.
“I look forward to meeting with Judge Kavanaugh to discuss his views on several issues such as protecting women’s rights, guaranteeing access to health care for those with pre-existing conditions & protecting the right to vote, just to name a few,” Nelson tweeted after Trump announced Kavanaugh as his pick. “I’ll make my decision after that.”
Watch the digital ad here or below:
One comment
Patricia Silverman
July 17, 2018 at 8:10 am
What surprises me is that Florida Politics has said nothing of the biggest story, that of elected officials ignoring the will of the voters is totally missing from your analysis, those ignoring the will of the people are both democrat and republican so I guess your particular view point is just to confuse we the people
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