A Democratic-aligned PAC and two other shadowy groups in a competitive House district are seeking to boost the chances of an independent candidate running against Republican incumbent Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.).
A mailer from the Voter Protection Project, a Democratic-aligned PAC, says Robert E. Reid will “represent true conservative values” and bashes Kiggans. A copy of the mailer was shared with The Hill.
Another new PAC called Save Western Culture, which has not yet reported its funding sources, similarly sent out a mailer shared with The Hill that called Kiggans a “globalist RINO,” while tying Reid to Trump.
A third group identified as “Fight Big Pharma” sent a mailer, a photo of which was shared with The Hill, that negatively compares Kiggans to Reid regarding how the two discussed the 2020 election. Kiggans in the mailer says President Biden won in 2020, while it says Reid argued, falsely, that the election was stolen.
Kiggans, who is facing Democratic challenger Missy Cotter Smasal in a race rated “lean Republican” by the Cook Political Report, criticized the “games” from a group that recruited the independent candidate in a September House GOP press conference.
“While Democrats pretend to be defenders of democracy, they’ve proven yet again they will resort to lying and cheating in an attempt to trick voters. They know they cannot beat me in a fair fight straight up on my record and policy priorities, so they resort to unethical and shady tactics like this,” Kiggans said at the press conference.
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