A new political ad taking aim at a democratic candidate for Governor Charlie Crist is raising a lot of eyebrows.
Many of you have asked if the ad is factual and who is behind it.
The Republican Party of Florida is behind the ad. They’re spending millions statewide.
Spending more than 1 million dollars state-wide.
The ad begins by saying Charlie Crist thinks Joe Biden is the best president of his lifetime. The ad sources USA Today for that claim. Just the past week, Crist asked CNN what other president could do what Biden has accomplished. Crist called Biden phenomenal.
However, the ad continues claiming Crist teamed up with Biden to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to audit the middle class.
Crist did support the Inflation Reduction Act; however, it does not call for auditing the middle class.
It calls for hiring 87,000 new workers by 2031. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, most would not be new agents but rather a wide range of positions. The IRS said more than half of its employees are eligible for retirement.
The Department of Treasury said in a letter to the Senate, “These resources are absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans.”
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed in a separate letter that, “Small business or households earning $400,000 per year or less will not see an increase in the chances that they are audited.”
The IRS said those earning half a million or less a year have well below a 1% chance of ever being audited.
The ad continues by saying Crist supported Biden’s agenda to defund the police.
The Fraternal Order of Police which represents officers disagrees. In a March news release, they said that Biden delivered on his commitment to increasing funding to state and local law enforcement.
After reviewing all of the facts, we rate this 30-second ad as ………..
I love articles that say truthful ads are lies. This article is full of lies. Florida already had a go around with Crist and we don’t like him.
Lynn is correct. This article is pure LIE after LIE after LIE….who would print this crap?! Crist was a RINO and now a Liberal who had a one term career and was voted out by WE THE PEOPLE and WE THE PEOPLE will never vote him back in!