{"id":1711291,"date":"2022-10-26T08:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711291"},"modified":"2022-10-26T08:19:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:19:20","slug":"karl-rove-pac-boosts-dem-shapiro-over-gop-opponent-in-pa-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karl-rove-pac-boosts-dem-shapiro-over-gop-opponent-in-pa-gubernatorial-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Rove PAC Boosts Dem Shapiro Over GOP Opponent in PA Gubernatorial Race"},"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%2Fkarl-rove-pac-boosts-dem-shapiro-over-gop-opponent-in-pa-gubernatorial-race%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=1711291&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2020-11\/rove%20%282%29.jpg?h=5026625e&#038;itok=_BM4PXLh\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A political advertisement from Karl Rove&#8217;s American Crossroads boosts Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for governor, over his opponent, Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano, while at the same time criticizing Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman.<\/p>\n<p>American Crossroads was founded by Karl Rove, former White House deputy chief of staff. The group is also linked to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Crossroads established the\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.senateleadershipfund.org&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1666839859319000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3wA6ef3fwfh0HhJfip2zLa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senateleadershipfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Leadership Fund<\/a>\u00a0in the 2016 election cycle to help boost Republican Senate candidates upon the recommendation of McConnell, according to the\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/american-crossroads-gears-up-for-2016-elections-aims-to-stay-top-gop-super-pac-1437904800&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1666839859319000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1le3afN1y8waJyPKiWSBc-\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/american-crossroads-gears-up-for-2016-elections-aims-to-stay-top-gop-super-pac-1437904800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman, Pennsylvania&#8217;s lieutenant governor, is facing Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;John Fetterman&#8217;s record on crime is crazy,&#8221; said a voter in the television ad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not like most Democrats,&#8221; another voter said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/host2.adimpact.com\/admo\/viewer\/94306313-251b-448c-8cfb-14a9a51d8e79\">The ad<\/a> puts Shapiro&#8217;s record on crime against Fetterman&#8217;s. Shapiro is currently the attorney general of Pennsylvania. He also served in the state House of Representatives\u00a0from 2005 to 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;225 times, Josh Shapiro voted against the criminals,&#8221; declares a female in the ad. &#8220;But Fetterman voted to release them \u2014 that&#8217;s nuts,&#8221; exclaims a second. &#8220;Fetterman is way more radical than Shapiro,&#8221; says a third.<\/p>\n<p>Former GOP Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kathy4Truth\/status\/1584339795752669184?s=20&#038;t=DXe-pkFPQMsV0GkCmMyr3Q\">Kathy Barnette<\/a> criticized the ad on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have yall seen the new &#8216;Republican&#8217; PAC commercial that says Shapiro is NOT as bad as Fetterman?&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Yeah, that just happened, but carry on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonBream\/status\/1584898077344661504?s=20&#038;t=4G-52y4FCPIcVYYeT-GTNg\">Fox News Sunday<\/a> this past week, Rove said there&#8217;s a &#8220;weird dynamic&#8221; in Pennsylvania where Shapiro and Oz are being viewed as the &#8220;more centrist candidates,&#8221; while Mastriano and Fetterman are seen as the &#8220;extremists outside of the mainstream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonBream\/status\/1585051832002306048?s=20&#038;t=4G-52y4FCPIcVYYeT-GTNg\">Rove predicted<\/a> that President Biden will not be the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and a 78-year-old won&#8217;t be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, which was a reference to former President Trump, who is 76 currently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A political advertisement from Karl Rove&#8217;s American Crossroads boosts Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for governor, over his opponent, Republican state Sen. 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