{"id":1398633,"date":"2022-03-24T13:45:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398633"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:45:38","slug":"exclusive-nrsc-targets-democratic-energy-hypocrisy-in-devastating-new-swing-state-ad-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nrsc-targets-democratic-energy-hypocrisy-in-devastating-new-swing-state-ad-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: NRSC Targets Democratic \u2018Energy Hypocrisy\u2019 In Devastating New Swing State Ad Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-nrsc-targets-democratic-energy-hypocrisy-in-devastating-new-swing-state-ad-buy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) unveiled an ad campaign Thursday, targeting three vulnerable Democrats in swing states over their energy policy votes.<\/p>\n<p>The NRSC ads attack Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Mark Kelly of Arizona, who are all facing tough reelection bids, the NRSC told the Daily Caller News Foundation which exclusively reviewed the videos. The ads will be sent to local media in the three states and be posted on GOP social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock, Kelly and Hassan are locked in three of the four tightest elections involving an incumbent Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/senate-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Cook Political Report. The latest polls from their three states <a href=\"https:\/\/blueprintpolling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BPP-Georgia.pdf\">hinted<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/592217-kelly-leading-generic-republican-in-senate-reelection-bid-poll\">very close<\/a> races <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/new-nh-poll-shows-sununu-with-a-narrow-edge-over-hassan-in-hypothetical-2022-us-senate-matchup\/38069853\">between<\/a> the senators and their GOP challengers.<\/p>\n<p>The NRSC, the committee formed to elect Republicans to the Senate, noted that the three Democrats each voted against canceling President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/22\/joe-biden-suspends-oil-gas-lease-permits-sixty-days-climate-change\/\">moratorium<\/a> on oil and gas leasing, against a measure prohibiting the federal government from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/25\/california-oil-gas-fracking-gavin-newsom-climate-change\/\">banning fracking<\/a> and against forcing the Biden administration to approve the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/joe-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline-montana\/\">Keystone XL pipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Democrats have spent the past year waging war on American energy production. Their anti-American energy agenda has sent gas prices soaring,\u201d NRSC spokesperson Jonathan Turcotte told the DCNF. \u201cDemocrats working to lower gas prices is like an arsonist showing up to put out a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Democrats aren\u2019t going to fix the problem \u2013 they are the problem,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The votes cited by the NRSC ads were all recorded between February-August 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&#038;session=1&#038;vote=00040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1171\/vote_117_1_00028.htm\">records<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&#038;session=1&#038;vote=00083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">showed<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/23\/sustainable-investing-esg-democrats-climate-change\/\">(RELATED: Democrats Look To Sustainable Investing Craze As Means For Pushing Climate Agenda)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1171\/vote_117_1_00320.htm\">most recent vote<\/a> on Aug. 10, Warnock, Hassan and Kelly voted against a provision that would reverse the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/jeff-landry-joe-biden-louisiana\/\">ban on federal oil and gas leasing<\/a>. The provision narrowly failed by a margin of 49-50.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden and Raphael Warnock are the problem,\u201d the NRSC\u2019s Georgia ad seen by the DCNF says. \u201cHe voted to cancel oil and gas production, voted to cancel fracking that supports American jobs, voted to cancel the Keystone pipeline. It\u2019s time to cancel Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the three Democrats and Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/senate-race-ratings\">another vulnerable Democrat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/democratic-senators-mark-kelly-maggie-hassan-gasoline-tax\/\">introduced<\/a> a bill in February that would temporarily suspend the federal gasoline tax. The legislation, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/3609\/actions?r=2&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stalled<\/a> in committee, would lower pump prices as energy costs skyrocket.<\/p>\n<p>Gasoline prices have surged 52.9%, 50.1% and 45.9% over the past year in Georgia, Arizona and New Hampshire respectively as of Thursday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=GA\">according<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=AZ\">to<\/a> AAA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=NH\">data<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizonans are paying some of the highest prices for gas we have seen in years and it\u2019s putting a strain on families who need to fill up the tank to get to work and school,\u201c Kelly said in a statement after the bill was introduced on Feb. 9.\u202f\u201cThis bill will lower gas prices by suspending the federal gas tax through the end of the year to help Arizona families struggling with high costs for everything from gas to groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) unveiled an ad campaign Thursday, targeting three vulnerable Democrats in swing states over their energy policy votes.The NRSC ads attack Democratic Sens. 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