The League of Conservation Voters is singling out Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, in a TV ad that thanks him for voting to pass an energy bill that has generated several letters of criticism on newspapers’ opinion pages.
The league’s ad in the Roanoke-Lynchburg market responds to another ad, by the National Republican Congressional Committee, that attacked Perriello for supporting the American Clean Energy Security Act.
Both the league and the NRCC directed their ads at Perriello and no one else.
Although several letter writers on editorial pages around the 5th District have criticized Perriello’s vote, the league joins at least two other groups that have aired ads supporting Perriello.
Americans United for Change, a labor-funded group, and VoteVets, a veterans’ advocacy group, have run TV ads thanking Perriello, along with about 50 other congress members who voted for the bill. The ads are edited to the congress members’ home districts.
The league’s spokesman, Jay Natoli, said it was running its ad in Perriello’s district “because the NRCC has made Rep. Perriello a focal point of their misleading attacks and we wanted to set the record straight.”
The ad says, in part, “The truth is, Tom Perriello is fighting to make America a global leader in clean energy,” and urges people to call his office in support.
Andy Sere, spokesman for the NRCC, said, “We are thrilled that a liberal Washington group is spotlighting Tom Perriello’s vote to kill jobs and send electricity rates skyrocketing.
“It’s a helpful reminder to central and Southside Virginians: When they needed a fighter for the middle-class, their congressman abandoned them in favor of radical environmentalists who care little for working families,” Sere said.
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