Outside issue-focused groups are also weighing in. The pro-gun regulation committee Brady PAC partnered with WOMEN VOTE!, the Emily’s List-aligned PAC aimed at electing Democratic women who support abortion rights, on a $1 million ad buy to support Greenfield.
The ad attacks Ernst on comments she made about possibly privatizing Social Security as an option for making it solvent, before pivoting to boost Greenfield for her anti-corporate PAC money pledge.
In an interview, Brady PAC Executive Director Brian Lemek acknowledged that the ad doesn’t speak to his group’s priorities. But he thinks his group will be able to work on gun issues better with Greenfield and a Democratic Senate than Ernst and a Republican Senate.
“You just get sick of candidates at some point,” Lemek said. “Some political ads can have that effect. I don’t think we’re there with Iowa yet. The political climate is such that everyone is engaged.”
