{"id":2336651,"date":"2024-09-04T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-super-pacs-18-million-ad-blitz-targets-harriss-social-policies-in-swing-states-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T14:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:06:12","slug":"conservative-super-pacs-18-million-ad-blitz-targets-harriss-social-policies-in-swing-states-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-super-pacs-18-million-ad-blitz-targets-harriss-social-policies-in-swing-states-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative super PAC\u2019s $18 million ad blitz targets Harris\u2019s social policies in swing states &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fconservative-super-pacs-18-million-ad-blitz-targets-harriss-social-policies-in-swing-states-washington-examiner%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=2336651&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--><p>The American Principles Project \u200d(APP),\u2064 a conservative \u2063super PAC, has\u200c launched an $18 million \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-electioneering-dirty-facebook-suspends-gop-ad-campaign-days-before-january-georgia-runoff-election\/\" title=\"More Electioneering: Dirty Facebook Suspends GOP Ad Campaign Days Before January Georgia Runoff Election\">ad campaign<\/a> targeting\u200c Vice President Kamala\u2064 Harris&#8217;s social policies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing states<\/a>.\u2063 The ads address controversial issues \u2062such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-under-fire-over-taxpayer-funded-transgender-surgeries\/\" title=\"HHS Under Fire Over Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Surgeries\">taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries<\/a> \u200dfor\u2063 minors and the inclusion of biological males in\u200d women&#8217;s\u200b sports. One ad describes Harris as &#8220;Dangerously \u200dLiberal,&#8221; presenting claims that she supports these policies\u200d and the inclusion of sexually explicit content in elementary schools. Another ad \u2062features Laura\u2064 Becker, a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-activists-rebrand-sex-changes-as-gender-affirming-medical-care-to-bully-state-officials-into-allowing-the-mutilation-of-children\/\" title=\"Liberal Activists Rebrand Sex Changes As \u2018Gender-Affirming Medical Care\u2019 To Bully State Officials Into Allowing The Mutilation Of Children\">de-transitioner<\/a>, who \u2062criticizes Harris&#8217;s stance on transgender issues and\u200c endorses former President Donald Trump, claiming his commitment to protecting children. A third ad, featuring swimmer Paula Scanlan, recounts\u2064 her discomfort with sharing locker \u200brooms with Lia Thomas, a transgender athlete, asserting that such policies undermine women&#8217;s rights. APP \u2062President \u2064Terry Schilling has\u200c accused the Biden-Harris administration of conducting a &#8220;destructive culture war&#8221; against American families, \u200calleging that their policies threaten the rights of women and girls.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Conservative super PAC&rsquo;s $18 million ad blitz targets Harris&rsquo;s social policies in swing states<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1745838\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2930876\/hispanic-voters-trending-toward-gop-key-battleground-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"American Principles Project\">American Principles Project<\/a> super PAC&rsquo;s $18 million ad blitz targeted Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris's\">Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> stances on social issues such as transgender surgeries for minors and girls&rsquo; sports in key swing states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The APP describes itself as &ldquo;one of the most effective and influential pro-family groups in Washington, DC,&rdquo; advocating conservative social policy. Its super PAC showed the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> three ads it is airing, targeting 7 million voters across seven swing states.<\/p>\n<p>One ad derides Harris as &ldquo;Dangerously Liberal,&rdquo; with the narrator saying she backs taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for minors and biological males who identify as female competing in women&rsquo;s sports. The narrator also says she supports the inclusion of sexually explicit books in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-girl-exploits-adolescent-awkwardness-to-suggest-being-a-girl-isnt-good-enough\/\" title=\"American Girl Exploits Adolescent Awkwardness To Suggest Being A Girl Isn\u2019t Good Enough\">elementary school libraries<\/a>, including blurred images of one such example.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XOaMOly3t6k\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dangerously Liberal\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XOaMOly3t6k?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Another, &ldquo;They Were Wrong,&rdquo; features de-transitioner Laura Becker bashing Harris&rsquo;s stances on transgender people and praising former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I was 19 years old, doctors led me to believe that I was transgender,&rdquo; Becker said. &ldquo;I was told that hormones and surgeries were my only options &mdash; they were wrong. Now I suffer from irreversible changes to my body and mind that I will live with for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, Kamala Harris is pushing children into these procedures, limiting their choices later in life,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m voting for Donald Trump because he&rsquo;s committed to protecting children from these rash decisions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Q7aZqDZbDTg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"They Were Wrong\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7aZqDZbDTg?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The other ad, &ldquo;Dangerous,&rdquo; featured University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan, who recalled her experience having to share a locker room and shower with Lia Thomas, a biological male who identifies as female.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nothing could have prepared me for showering with a man,&rdquo; she said, alongside footage of Thomas. &ldquo;As a woman, there is nothing more violating than being forced to compete with and share locker rooms with men.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dangerous Democrats like Kamala Harris support policies that would silence women like me and force us to compete against men,&rdquo; Scanlan continued. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just not fair.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"y_xUx7F-VEE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dangerous\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_xUx7F-VEE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a press statement announcing the ad campaign, APP PAC President Terry Schilling accused the Biden-Harris administration of &ldquo;waging a destructive culture war on American families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have attacked the rights of women and girls, opening up female athletics and private spaces to biological males,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They have pushed gender ideology into schools, indoctrinating children into feeling uncomfortable with their bodies while keeping parents in the dark about their own kids&rsquo; distress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He targeted Democrats&rsquo; policies on transgender issues and diversity, equity, and inclusion, arguing that such pursuits have &ldquo;corrupted&rdquo; the healthcare system and other institutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Although this radical agenda has clearly been a top priority of the current administration from Day One, it is immensely unpopular with the American people,&rdquo; Schilling said. &ldquo;Since 2020, everything we warned about back then&mdash;the destruction of girls&rsquo; sports, the predation on children by the transgender industry, and the evisceration of parental rights&mdash;has come to pass, with even worse dangers lurking should Kamala Harris ascend to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why we will again be bringing our message to voters this year, to ensure Democrats&rsquo; horrific record will not go unchallenged,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Unlike four years ago, 2024 will be a referendum on the awful consequences of the Biden-Harris regime, and this time they will not be able to deny reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1745838\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1745838\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative super PAC Launches $18 Million Ad Campaign Against Harris&#8217;s Social Policies in Key States<\/p>\n<p>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 The American Principles Project (APP) super PAC has initiated an $18 million advertising campaign aimed at Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s positions on social issues, including transgender surgeries for minors and the participation of biological males in girls&#8217; sports, focusing on crucial swing states. The APP claims to be \u201cone of the most effective and influential pro-family organizations in Washington, DC,\u201d promoting conservative social policies. They shared with the Washington Examiner three advertisements that will reach 7 million voters across seven swing states.<\/p>\n<p>One advertisement labels Harris as \u201cDangerously Liberal,\u201d with a narrator accusing her of supporting taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for minors and allowing biological males who identify as female to compete in women\u2019s sports. It also criticizes her for endorsing sexually explicit books in elementary school libraries, showing blurred images from one such book.<\/p>\n<p>Another ad titled \u201cThey Were Wrong\u201d features Laura Becker, a de-transitioner who criticizes Harris&#8217;s views on transgender issues while expressing support for former President Donald Trump. Becker recounts being misled by doctors at age 19 into believing she was transgender and laments irreversible changes to her body due to hormones and surgeries. She argues that Harris is pushing children toward similar decisions that limit their future choices, stating she supports Trump because he aims to protect children from such hasty actions.<\/p>\n<p>The third ad, called \u201cDangerous,\u201d includes testimony from University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan about sharing locker rooms with Lia Thomas, a biological male identifying as female. Scanlan expresses discomfort over having to share facilities with men and asserts that policies supported by Democrats like Harris undermine women&#8217;s rights by forcing them into competition against men.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release announcing the campaign, APP PAC President Terry Schilling accused the Biden-Harris administration of conducting a harmful culture war against American families. He claimed they have compromised women&#8217;s rights by allowing biological males into female athletics and private spaces while promoting gender ideology in schools without parental awareness regarding their children&#8217;s struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Schilling criticized Democratic policies related to transgender issues and diversity initiatives as having &#8220;corrupted&#8221; healthcare systems among other institutions. He noted that despite these radical agendas being prioritized since Day One of the current administration, they remain unpopular among Americans. Schilling warned that many concerns raised since 2020\u2014such as threats to girls&#8217; sports and parental rights\u2014have materialized under this administration&#8217;s watch; he emphasized the importance of challenging Democrats\u2019 record ahead of the upcoming elections in 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2336652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala-harris-excludes-blocks-media-press.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34575,35305,40085,23813,32115],"class_list":["post-2336651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ad-campaign","tag-conservative-politics","tag-social-policies","tag-super-pac","tag-swing-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala-harris-excludes-blocks-media-press.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}