New DNC ads blame De La Cruz for rising health care premiums

EDINBURG, Texas - The Democratic National Committee is launching an ad campaign targeting U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz.

Specifically, the ads focus on health care costs because, starting this month, families across Texas will receive notices from their health insurance providers that their premiums could double next year. This is because the Trump Administration and the GOP’s refused to extend the ACA tax credits.

The DNC says the digital ads, billboards, and bus shelter ads will reach voters in the 15th Congressional District and will be paired with an organizing push to contact infrequent voters. 

Here is one of the ads:

DNC ad.

The DNC says it will launch a strategic voter education campaign targeting infrequent voters in District 15. The campaign includes:

• Sending texts to targeted voters with information to calculate how much more they would pay in health care premiums. 
• Encouraging these voters to call their Rep. Monica De La Cruz to tell her to act to bring health care costs down.
• Recruiting supporters to attend or host in-person gatherings and protests in this district.

Here is another of the ads:

DNC ad.

DNC Chair Ken Martin said the new campaign will feature digital ads on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, along with billboards and bus shelter ads near local hospitals and clinics in the 15th Congressional District.

“Right after the holidays, health care costs will more than double for families across Texas because Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz refuses to work with Democrats to fix this crisis. That’s why the DNC is going to make sure families everywhere know that Republicans are about to wreck their pocketbooks and price them out of health insurance,” Martin said. 

“Through digital ads, billboards, bus shelter ads, and our state-of-the-art organizing team, we’re ensuring that voters across Texas know that Republicans are solely to blame for the biggest premium increases in history. We should all be asking: Why is it that Texas Republicans can make billionaire tax breaks permanent but refuse to prevent health insurance costs for working families from doubling?”

Here is another of the ads:

DNC ad.