Conservative group goes after Patrick Murphy on ISIS
12/18/2015
Better Florida Alliance has a new web video suggesting the Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is weak on ISIS and too eager for more gun control.
Murphy is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio. Murphy is being challenged in a hot-lead battle with Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson.
Which begs the question - why is a conservative Florida group injecting itself in the Democratic primary? Why is the group attacking Murphy?
Interestingly, as reported by Peter Schorsch in October, the group is led by two folks with connections to Florida Governor Rick Scott - Brian Burgess and Josh Cooper. According to Schorsch, Cooper is executive director of Better Florida Alliance and the Scott supporting Let's Get to Work. Burgess was Scott's communications director.
Burgess told Times/Herald Buzz the ad will run on social media during the Holiday break.
Perhaps the ad is a suggestion that Florida Republicans would rather be up against Grayson than Murphy.
Is the ad fair?
Is the air fair?
If the ad were unfair, Patrick Murphy would denounce it and/or explain why it's wrong. But it's awfully hard to prove it's not fair when people can see and hear him in his own words.
Posted by: Joe Sixpack | 12/19/2015 at 09:17 AM