{"id":61840,"date":"2018-10-30T10:57:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/tipton-mitsch-bush-exchange-jabs-in-attack-ads\/"},"modified":"2018-10-30T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:57:14","slug":"tipton-mitsch-bush-exchange-jabs-in-attack-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/tipton-mitsch-bush-exchange-jabs-in-attack-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipton, Mitsch Bush exchange jabs in attack ads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c7ea6a02-e645-48d8-9468-815da5df300f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"683\" height=\"434\" alt=\"Democratic candidate for 3rd Congressional District Diane Mitsch Bush, left, and Republican Congressman Scott Tipton, right, have both released ads attacking each other this year.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Democratic candidate for 3rd Congressional District Diane Mitsch Bush, left, and Republican Congressman Scott Tipton, right, have both released ads attacking each other this year.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Associated Press file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Candidates running for Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District have created several commercials during their campaigns, many of them attacking their opponents and some highlighting their own platform.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic nominee Mitsch Bush and incumbent Republican Rep. Scott Tipton have released ads attacking each other on issues including veteran funding, higher taxes and positions on health care.<\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the midterm election on Nov. 6, candidates continue to vie for Coloradans\u2019 votes through commercials and online ads on their YouTube channels in a race that election forecast blog <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FiveThirtyEight<\/a> has declared a \u201ctoss-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Diane Mitsch Bush<\/div>\n<p>Mitsch Bush\u2019s ads have focused primarily on her biggest opponent: Tipton. Out of 37 ads on her campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8NC1ySvK2Fqr_ISoAw8ojg\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>, nearly half target Tipton\u2019s voting record, platform and debate answers, focusing specifically on taxes, health care and conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p179y50HZyU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Her latest ad calls Tipton a \u201cWashington insider\u201d who supports tax breaks for the top 1 percent, citing his voting record and referring to his YES vote for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. The ad cites the blog again to say Tipton supported cutting funds for Social Security and Medicare, which is included in an earlier ad. Tipton votes 96 percent of the time in line with Trump\u2019s position, according to FiveThirtyEight, a fact Mitsch Bush includes in the ad.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsch Bush said in a news release the ad \u201cexposes how Tipton is trying to pull the wool over voters\u2019 eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In some commercials, Mitsch Bush features constituents in her district who oppose Tipton\u2019s voting record. One features \u201cGeorge,\u201d a Vietnam veteran, and \u201cTroy,\u201d a Desert Storm veteran (the ads don\u2019t identify the constituents by their last name), and features Troy saying he was \u201cshocked\u201d by Tipton\u2019s vote against House bill HR-2216 in 2013, which would have reduced veterans\u2019 wait for care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter everything veterans have done for this country, to have Congress turn their backs on us,\u201d Troy said.<\/p>\n<p>Said George: \u201cIt\u2019s not right.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Im5Z5Q2vE88\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The ad also faults Tipton for a 2011 vote against PTSD and suicide funding for veterans, referring to House bill HR-2055, which appropriated funds to several government agencies and the military. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress.gov<\/a>, Tipton voted NAY on a motion to include an amendment to increase funds for veterans\u2019 medical services for post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide prevention by $20 million. The veterans in the video declare Tipton\u2019s voting record a \u201cdealbreaker,\u201d before Mitsch Bush say she\u2019ll \u201calways defend our veterans and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitsch Bush\u2019s YouTube channel also includes eight seven-second videos titled, \u201cTipton\u2019s Terrible Record,\u201d with graphics on Tipton\u2019s voting record during his four terms as a congressional representative.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsch Bush\u2019s ads mainly focus on Tipton\u2019s voting record and campaign, including two ads that count up to 155 corporate donors for Tipton\u2019s campaigns and zero for her own.<\/p>\n<p>Tipton\u2019s corporate donors include Lockheed Martin, Exxon Mobil, Home Depot and McDonald\u2019s Corp. The site stipulates that the organizations themselves did not donate, but the money came from PACS, members, employees, owners or families associated with these companies. She ends with a message to \u201cvote for accountability in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">Scott Tipton<\/div>\n<p>Tipton released two campaign ads, both posted on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCv9Cqu90UpKIUSWkvmA3msA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>, that attack Mitsch Bush. His first ad, titled \u201cAlmost Everything\u201d labels his Democratic opponent as \u201ca liberal career politician who would cost us too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0l6yb_voXUc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tipton argues that Mitsch Bush supported higher taxes and fees for Colorado families through voting for higher property taxes, income taxes, business taxes, vehicle registration fees and sales taxes. The ad cites the Colorado Secretary of State, a Colorado Mountain College news release from November 2017, a Colorado House bill HB16-1275 from March 2016, a <em class=\"Nimrod Ital\">Steamboat Pilot &amp; Today<\/em> article from 2009 and another Colorado House bill HB14-1269 from April 2014. Tipton did not include any of his positions on taxes in the ad.<\/p>\n<p>The second ad, titled \u201cOpenly,\u201d accuses Mitsch Bush of socialist policies. The ad said Mitsch Bush funded a leading socialist magazine called <em class=\"ITC ital\">In These Times<\/em> in 1999, 2002 and 2004, and would encourage a \u201cgovernment takeover\u201d of healthcare that would \u201ckick\u201d Coloradans off their healthcare plan, citing his opponent\u2019s June 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/durangoherald.com\/articles\/229363-mitsch-bush-its-time-for-our-government-to-work-for-us-all\">guest column in the Herald<\/a>. Both ads take aim at Mitsch Bush\u2019s tax policy, saying her single-payer health care policy would need a tax increase to work. Both ads end by calling Mitsch Bush a \u201ccareer politician.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7O6E5vVokg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\">An earlier version of this story implied that Diane Mitsch Bush accepted donations from Apple Inc. and Twitter. Rather, it appears that individuals who work at Apple and Twitter donated to her campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>candidates take jabs over voting record, runaway spending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[981,1167,28,29,23],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-61840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado-3rd-congressional-district","tag-exclude-homepage-video","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-u-s-rep-scott-tipton"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61840"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=61840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}