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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 8, 2016

A liberal super PAC is hitting Donald Trump over his $25,000 donation to Attorney General Pam Bondi. “American Bridge” released a 30-second spot Thursday calling Trump to task over a 2013 donation to Bondi’s political committee. The ad, first reported by the Tampa Bay Times, is called “The Art of the Bribe” and features clips […]

Scott PowersSeptember 2, 2016

The liberal American Bridge super PAC has released a voluminous new report contending that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have become “puppets” of the rival conservative Americans For Prosperity. American Bridge’s 144-page report, entitled “Florida Man Buys State: Koch Impacts In the Sunshine State,” was released Friday to coincide with Americans […]

Associated PressJune 7, 2016

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As Texas regulators investigated Trump University for fraud six years ago, Donald Trump‘s lawyers tried the same defenses the presumptive Republican presidential nominee cited again as recently as Tuesday — that the now-defunct real-estate workshops were top-notch and the students overwhelmingly satisfied. But internal emails reviewed by The Associated Press show the staff of then-State […]

Mitch PerryMay 20, 2016

Hours before he was scheduled to speak about military issues at an event at the Cuban Club in Ybor City on Friday night, the Democratic opposition group American Bridge 21st Century, is blasting the group sponsoring the event featuring GOP U.S. Senate candidate Ron DeSantis. The event is being produced by the Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 12, 2016

While watching the first hour of Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate, I started thinking that Marco Rubio has gotten a bit of a bum rap. For months (maybe longer), political reporters have complained that Rubio has liberally inserted his standard stump speech into his answers to questions on the campaign trail. That meme hit Def Com […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 11, 2016

Twenty-five minutes into Saturday night’s Republican presidential primary, Chris Christie went “full Jersey” on Marco Rubio. The New Jersey governor delivered a series of verbal blows that the Florida Senator failed to answer. Instead, Rubio somewhat mechanically repeated his memorized lines attacking President Barack Obama. “Let’s dispel this notion that Barack Obama doesn’t know what […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

The three remaining Democrats running for president debate Saturday night in Iowa, but until then, their supporters were left sitting in the peanut gallery throwing out choice comments, at least on Tuesday night during the Fox Business News GOP debate from Milwaukee. “Despite the softballs lobbed at Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and company tonight, they each […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2015

Without further editorial comment, the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sent a mass email statement that included the entire contents of Wednesday morning’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel lead editorial, “Marco Rubio should resign, not rip us off.” It comes after Rubio has continued to make reactionary remarks when asked about his poor attendance record in the […]

Drew WilsonOctober 27, 2015

A liberal opposition research group blasted 2016 presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for his connection to “religious freedom” bills filed in the Florida and Arkansas legislatures. American Bridge PAC singled out the Miami Republican for his relationship with District 74 Republican Rep. Julio Gonzalez, who last week filed HB 401, which would allow […]

Mitch PerryOctober 23, 2015

Although Marco Rubio has yet to truly break through in the 2015-2016 GOP presidential campaign, he’s been doing enough to keep himself in the game. A Quinnipiac poll released on Thursday shows him in third place in Iowa with 13 percent support, an eight-point increase from a month ago. And Democratic-leaning groups certainly haven’t written […]

Tag: American Bridge

American Bridge spot focuses on Donald Trump, Pam Bondi

“Florida Man buys state” — American Bridge PAC says Americans for Prosperity buys Florida

Emails from 2010 show Texas investigators thought Trump U was a get-rich-quick scam that preyed on novices

Group sponsoring Ron DeSantis appearance in Tampa denounced for associations with the Koch Brothers

Mitch Perry Report for 2.12.16 – Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders clash in Milwaukee

“Marcobots” to continue to dog Marco Rubio on campaign trail

Democrats, others react to GOP Milwaukee debate

DNC seizes on Sun-Sentinel’s call for Marco Rubio to resign

American Bridge slams Marco Rubio for link to “religious freedom” bills

Marco Rubio attacked for being out of the mainstream in American Bridge ad