The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has launched a new ad campaign targeting Republican candidates opposed to the American Healthcare Act.
The San Diego campaign targets Carl DeMaio, under the headline: DCCC Launches New Campaign: ‘Sick n’ Broke: The Game Carl DeMaio is Playing with Your Health’
From the DCCC press release:
As Carl DeMaio continues his efforts to stack the deck for special interests and focus on the wrong priorities, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a new paid campaign to highlight the totality of his damaging health care agenda, which hurts Californians at every stage of their lives.
Sick N’ Broke – modeled after the Game of Life – features an online board game that tracks the many costly games Carl DeMaio and Republicans in Congress play with Americans’ health care, from the cradle to the grave.
“Whether it’s being able to afford an emergency C-section, making sure kids get the right nutrition, ensuring women don’t have to pay more for their care or guaranteeing Medicare’s future, Carl DeMaio wants to join a Republican Congress that plays reckless games that hurt your health at every stage of life – all because they would rather stack the deck for their special interest buddies,” said Tyrone Gayle of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “Now you can see just how much of a mess Carl DeMaio would make of your health care – but one spoiler alert: in this game, you can’t win.”
According to a report in the Arizona Daily Star one icon of a man hunched over with a cane – designed to represent seniors who are over the age of 65 – has drawn the ire of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
“I can’t think of anything more out-of-touch and offensive than for the Democrats to suggest that voters over the age of 65 are somehow feeble, elderly and hunched over like Quasimodo – but at least we now know why Democrats didn’t seem to break a sweat gutting seniors’ Medicare benefits,” said Daniel Scarpinato, the spokesperson for the RNCC.
The game can be seen here.
