Pharma dark money Am.Action Network flooding my area with demonizing ads on PELOSI
These are *frequent* in my area, with main feature scary pic of PELOSI, claiming tyrannical Federal control of personal medical decisions. And they end with exhortation to call the local (Dem) congresscritter (personalized name by district) to complain.
I tried finding a phone # to tell them to do something good for the country and stop their propaganda, but the only one found on a generic website (not theirs) got only a busy signal at all random hours of the day. Open Secrets in at least one web page shows that this outfit reports ZERO funds raised and ZERO campaign donations in the last cycle - huh?!1
*****ON EDIT: Big donor Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America phone, menu says everybody COVID working from home, Operator busy: 950 F Street, NW Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004 - Phone: (202) 835-3400
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https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/05/american-action-network-hits-house-dems/
The American Action Network is pouring millions of dollars into a TV, digital advertising and phone campaign attacking House Democrats’ proposal to lower prescription drug costs. ....
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the largest U.S. pharmaceutical trade association, gives millions of dollars to AAN annually and donated $4.5 million in 2019 — PhRMA’s top political donation that year. The association, as well as the pharmaceutical industry at large, vehemently opposes H.R. 3.
The conservative organization’s TV ads are currently running in at least 21 House districts, including in those of Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) About $1.2 million of the total $4 million campaign will be spent in three New Jersey districts, according to the New Jersey Globe. The campaign targets 43 districts in all when digital ads and phone calls are included. The ads’ messaging argues that the bill would impede companies’ abilities to develop new cures and limit accessibility to the COVID vaccine. It urges constituents to call their representatives to oppose the measure.
Dan Conston, the dark money group’s president, urged Democrats to cast aside Pelosi’s plan and instead push for H.R. 19, a Republican alternative to address prescription drug prices introduced in 2019. ....
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