Johnson, Thune PACs Target Dems, ‘Woke Mob’ on Shutdown

The main super PACs for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., are pooling together on ads blaming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for the government shutdown, Axios reported.

American Action Network and One Nation will run ads in New York and Washington, D.C., saying Democrat leaders have caved to the “woke mob” in forcing a government shutdown.

“The inmates are running the asylum in the liberal caucus,” the ad says, with photos of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and other lawmakers featured.