Democrats Boost Trump's Ohio Senate Candidate In Last-Minute Ad Blitz

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Democrats are resuming the controversial practice of meddling in Republican primaries in the hopes of advancing candidates they believe to be weaker opponents in a general election, this time spending to elevate Donald Trump’s choice in Ohio’s U.S. Senate primary next week.

Senate Majority PAC, a group closely aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, is behind another super PAC, Duty and Country, that’s on TV in Ohio with an ad touting Trump’s endorsement of car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno, Politico first reported. The ad calls Moreno “too conservative for Ohio” with the aim of boosting him with GOP primary voters just days before voting ends Tuesday.

Senate Majority PAC confirmed it’s all part of a $2.7 million digital and TV ad buy highlighting Moreno’s Trump ties.

“When Ohio voters head to their polling place they deserve to know the truth about Bernie Moreno — and the truth is that Moreno is a MAGA extremist who embraced Donald Trump, just like he embraced his policies to ban abortion nationwide and repeal the ACA,” said spokesperson Hannah Menchhoff.

A video of the ad posted on YouTube Wednesday has since been removed.

Ohio is one of the country’s top Senate battlegrounds this year, with Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown fighting for another term in a state that’s trended redder since Brown was first elected in 2006. Besides Montana, Ohio is the best chance Republicans have to retake the Senate.

Senate Majority PAC has meddled in Montana’s primary, too, funding a PAC that ran ads against the expected GOP nominee, Tim Sheehy.

Tuesday’s primary features three Republicans who are generally polling against each other within the margin of error: Moreno, state Sen. Matt