Hartford, CT — Following the announcement of a $1 million ad buy against John Larson from a super PAC funded by corporate billionaires and a dark-money network working to elect corporate Democrats, the Larson campaign issued the following statement:
“Billionaires are trying to buy this election for corporate Democrat Luke Bronin. A super PAC significantly funded by a dark-money network working to elect corporate Democrats just announced a $1 million ad buy trying to take down John Larson. All of these entities are funded by the same billionaires maxing out to Bronin’s campaign, some of whom even put him on their payroll.
Another recent ad campaign against Larson came from a super PAC that gets millions from the Bezos family.
Larson is hellbent on making the billionaire class pay their fair share, and no amount of corporate dark money spending will make him back down. He is fighting for Medicare for All and has spent his career fighting for working families over CEOs. He’s written campaign finance reforms that would shut down this kind of corporate spending that silences voters’ voices.
These are funds that could be used to flip battleground districts blue. But they’re throwing millions into this district to unseat a progressive, pro-labor champion because they know he can’t be bought. They want to move our party toward a corporate agenda that benefits billionaire AI executives, private equity, and Silicon Valley over everyday working people.”