Thread by @Monaheart1229

Dem Reps in vulnerable districts are watching in horror as GOP impeachment attacks deluge their districts back home & told Dem leadership that they want a much stronger counteroffensive from their own party & its allies.
We all do.. #SaturdayThoughts
politico.com/news/2019/11/2…

2-"GOP-aligned outside groups have spent roughly $8 million on TV spots this cycle in battleground districts, such as Rep. Anthony Brindisi's central New York seat. The vast majority of those ads specifically hammer Democrats over impeachment.

3-"Meanwhile, swing-district Democrats are receiving little reinforcement from their own party or even other liberal coalitions. Democratic and pro-impeachment groups have spent about $2.7 million in TV ads, according to an analysis of spending by the ad tracking firm

4-"Advertising Analytics. And more than $600,000 of that total went to ads targeting Republican incumbents, not helping vulnerable Democratic members. "Many of us have been expressing our concerns to leadership," said a Democratic lawmaker said, who declined to be named in order

5-" to speak candidly about strategy. "You don’t want to have to play catch up." “Everyone knows you don't just take a shot and sit there,” the lawmaker said. “It’s like someone taped our arms to our side and punched us in the face.” Some Democrats raised the spending disparity

6-"during a closed-door meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team on Wednesday. One moderate Democrat asked if party officials planned to launch more ads, particularly in more rural swing districts in less expensive media markets where incumbents are

7-"desperately looking for more air cover, according to multiple people in the room. Democratic-aligned groups, however, have begun spending on ads. Last week, the liberal coalition Protect Our Care launched a $2 million digital ad campaign to promote a Democratic drug-pricing

8-"bill. But GOP groups are devoting far more cash, including a roughly $5 million buy on anti-impeachment TV ads across 18 Democratic districts by American Action Network, a nonprofit tied to House GOP leadership." ~politico