President Barack Obama's approval ratings are so high, that even a Republican senate candidate is showing off the support he received from Obama back in 2013.
Republican Senator Pat Toomey launched one last 30-second ad on the Friday night before Election Day which received a lot of criticism from Democrats.
The spot uses footage of a 2013 speech from Obama praising Toomey and Senator Joe Manchin for proposing to expand background check on gun sales.
Although Obama has endorsed Democrat Katie McGinty in the race, Toomey's campaign hopes the ad will reinforce an image of the senator as bipartisan and independent.
Obama released a statement after the ad was released explaining, "Pat Toomey may have done the right thing on one vote, but courage is telling Pennsylvania voters where you stand on the tough issues, not just the easy ones like background checks. Pat Toomey won't tell Pennsylvania voters where he stands on Donald Trump, trying instead to have it both ways by telling different people what he thinks they want to hear. That's not courage. Voting to shut down the government and against bills to close the terrorist gun loophole isn't courage."
Toomey’s campaign does not see anything wrong with sharing the senator’s "bipartisan work" and how he’s been "praised by leaders on both sides of the aisle."
Republican Senator Pat Toomey launched one last 30-second ad on the Friday night before Election Day which received a lot of criticism from Democrats.
The spot uses footage of a 2013 speech from Obama praising Toomey and Senator Joe Manchin for proposing to expand background check on gun sales.
Although Obama has endorsed Democrat Katie McGinty in the race, Toomey's campaign hopes the ad will reinforce an image of the senator as bipartisan and independent.
Obama released a statement after the ad was released explaining, "Pat Toomey may have done the right thing on one vote, but courage is telling Pennsylvania voters where you stand on the tough issues, not just the easy ones like background checks. Pat Toomey won't tell Pennsylvania voters where he stands on Donald Trump, trying instead to have it both ways by telling different people what he thinks they want to hear. That's not courage. Voting to shut down the government and against bills to close the terrorist gun loophole isn't courage."
Toomey’s campaign does not see anything wrong with sharing the senator’s "bipartisan work" and how he’s been "praised by leaders on both sides of the aisle."