| By Xavier - Jul 28, 2010 3:28:12 PM ET |
Tags: Ad, Denise Cardinal, Drunk Driving, DUI, DWI, Gubernatorial Election, Light, MN 2010, MN GOP, MN Governor, Rep. Tom Emmer, Tom Emmer, Tom Emmer for Governor, TV Ad
Republican Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer responded to a new ad being run by Alliance for a Better Minnesota Action Fund today by trying to explain that he was asked to support a bill lessening DWI penalties by a group of prosecutors and showing a video where he talks vaguely about making a mistake -- but not mentioning he himself received two drunk driving convictions.
"It is insulting that Tom Emmer is trying to explain away his record by blaming others for proposing the law he put his name on," said Denise Cardinal, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Minnesota Action Fund. "Then Emmer shows a three-month-old online video of himself talking vaguely about mistakes and negative campaigning but never specifically addresses why he sponsored a law that lessens penalties for drunk drivers. Furthermore, in the video he never apologizes."
Cardinal added that Emmer needs to answer some questions: "When he says he's made mistakes -- what is he talking about? The first drunk driving arrest or his second drunk driving arrest or both? Or about introducing legislation last year that would delay and lessen penalties for drunk driving? None of this is clear in his response and Minnesotans deserve to know."
To see the ad ABM is airing on this, you can go to http://ABetter.MN/LightAd
The ad is running for two weeks statewide. The buy is more than $500,000 for that duration.
More information about Emmer’s record can be found at: http://TomEmmersMN.org and http://EmmerTruth.MN.
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