In 2023, Club for Growth Action, a conservative super-PAC, r…
In 2023, Club for Growth Action, a conservative super-PAC, released a 30-second campaign ad urging voters not to support Republican Governor Jim Justice’s campaign to unseat Democratic Senator Joe Manchin in West Virginia. In the clip, which was not authorized by any political candidate, the super-PAC called Governor Justice a “Swamp RINO” and an “establishment” candidate that was “personally recruited” by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. This campaign ad can be characterized as having which of the following features?