House Democrats trashed for false QAnon ad

February 4, 2021

The DCCC’s new ad which falsely smears Beth Van Duyne as a “coward” and member of QAnon is being slammed for misleading viewers.

The ads have been debunked as completely false in multiple publications.

Washington Post Fact Checker: Democratic attack ads misleadingly link swing-district Republicans to QAnon

In several cases, the only supposed qualification for standing with QAnon is voting against Trump’s second impeachment. That’s ridiculous and certainly worthy of Pinocchios.

[Beth Van Duyne] has no known ties to QAnon.

Fact Check: Democrats Launch Ads Falsely Accusing Republicans of Backing QAnon

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) falsely attacked several House Republicans in a series of ads launched Tuesday, claiming that the House GOP members backed the QAnon conspiracy theory.

Fact Check: TV ads from House Dems seek to paint Calif. GOPers as QAnon backers

A small television buy by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee seeks to paint a handful of California Republicans as followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory.

The truth? Not even close.

NRCC Comment: “Washington Democrats have resorted to running disgusting false smears and elevating fringe conspiracy theories because they have zero accomplishments to run on and know their time in the majority is coming to an end.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair