Lesbian Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Republican opponent attacks her partner in campaign ads

Democratic US Senator from Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin His Republican opponent, Eric Hovde, is running ads accusing him of a conflict of interest because his female partner advises Wall Street firms; but the purpose of these ads seems to be to remind voters that Baldwin is a politician. Lesbian.

The latest ad, which began airing on TV in Madison, Wis., last week, calls Maria Brisbane Baldwin’s “life partner” and advisor to “the super-rich and private equity.” Says Baldwin no longer lives there Wisconsin but in New York and that he was the “third senator from New York.” It is also stated that Baldwin “received over $1.3 million from donors in New York.” In another ad, a woman sitting in her kitchen says: “Baldwin is in bed with Wall Street.”

Republican groups, including a super PAC affiliated with Hovde and his brother, have run at least eight ads along these lines since August. CNN reports.

“I think so,” he told CNN when asked if Hovde came out to remind voters that Baldwin is gay. Hovde countered: “Oh, come on, I don’t care if he’s gay or not. I mean, that’s a ridiculous question.”

First elected to the Senate in 2012, Baldwin became the first LGBTQ+ US senator. Before that, he was in the U.S. House of Representatives and was first elected in 1998; right from the start, he was the first LGBTQ+ person to win a seat in this chamber. He had gone out while the others were in the office.

He denied having any conflict of interest because of Brisbane’s work. When CNN asked whether Brisbane should disclose her clients, Baldwin said: “If I was dating a doctor, should they disclose their patients? Come on. Just stay out of my private life. I disclose everything I’m legally required to disclose.” Senate rules require members to disclose their spouses’ assets, but Baldwin and Brisbane are not married.

Baldwin “does not refer to Ms. Brisbane as his ‘life partner,’ although they have been dating for several years, according to his campaign.” New York Times reports.

Baldwin I broke up with Lauren AzarHis partner of 15 years, in 2010. They had a domestic partnership in Wisconsin during the premarital equality era.

Baldwin also has “limited ability” to regulate financial firms. Times He states that he is not a member of the Banking or Finance committees.

The latest ad “sheds light on Ms. Baldwin’s personal life in an attempt to transform a humble Midwesterner into a high-flying East Coast elitist.” Times notes. “It also seeks to reverse one of Democrats’ most effective criticisms of Mr. Hovde, the extremely wealthy chairman and chief executive of a Utah bank.” The newspaper adds that he owns a “$7 million mansion in Laguna Beach, California” and has “tenuous ties to the state he hopes to represent in the Senate.”

Hovde characterizes Baldwin as “in so many words, a rich Wall Street lesbian who hopes both her sexuality and her partner’s wealth will give some voters pause.” Times concludes.

Baldwin was popular in Wisconsin, having been re-elected to the Senate in 2018 and having been elected to multiple terms in the House before that. He was previously a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Dane County Board of Supervisors. But Hovde’s challenge has made his 2024 re-election bid a close race.

He had previously attacked Baldwin with a gun. Misleading advertising about gender-affirming care. HE anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion, He made derogatory comments about single mothers and nursing home residents. He also said overweight people should pay more for health care, but told CNN he “has recanted that view.” Former president hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He said he had spoken to him about the dangers to the U.S. food supply, but without elaborating. But Kennedy is known for many strange conspiracy theories.

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