Club for Growth Action TV Ad Highlights Kip Tom’s “Liberal Insider” Record in IN-03
“Hoosiers want the real deal, and Kip Tom’s record proves that he’s not a true economic conservative.”
Washington, DC – Club for Growth Action, a political arm of the Club for Growth, today announced the release of a 30-second television ad that has begun airing on broadcast and cable television in Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District.
“Hoosiers want the real deal, and Kip Tom’s record proves that he’s not a true economic conservative,” said Club for Growth Action president David McIntosh. “Kip Tom is claiming to be a conservative outsider, when he’s really a liberal insider. Tom is on the board of a corporate group that has repeatedly donated to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. He was also on the board of a quasi-governmental corporation that was criticized for its lack of transparency, while giving out corporate welfare.
“Jim Banks has a record of service that is marked by cutting taxes and spending. He is the true economic conservative in this race.”
Note: Jim Banks was the first House candidate endorsed by Club for Growth PAC in the 2016 cycle.
The ad can be viewed here.
Club for Growth Action
TV :30
“Liberal Insider”
SEE KIP TOM’S ADS CALLING HIM A CONSERVATIVE OUTSIDER?
LIKE A LOT OF POLITICAL ADS, IT’S THE OPPOSITE THAT’S TRUE.
KIM TOM IS ON THE BOARD OF A CORPORATE GROUP THAT DONATES TO LIBERALS, INCLUDING NANCY PELOSI AND HARRY REID.
AND HE SAT ON A QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL BOARD THAT DOLED OUT CORPORATE WELFARE, WHILE HIDING HOW IT ACTUALLY SPENT TAX DOLLARS.
THE REAL KIP TOM?
A LIBERAL INSIDER.
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THIS ADVERTISING.
Growth Energy Timeline:
2010: Growth Energy PAC donates $1000 to Nancy Pelosi and $2400 to Harry Reid (Open Secrets).
2012: Growth Energy PAC donates $1000 to both Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid (Open Secrets).
2014: Kip Tom joins Growth Energy as a board member (LinkedIn). Growth Energy PAC donates $1000 to both Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid (Open Secrets).
December 2014: Kip Tom donates $300 to Growth Energy’s PAC (www.fec.gov).
April 2015: Kip Tom donates $1000 to Growth Energy’s PAC (www.fec.gov).
July 2015: Growth Energy PAC donates $5000 to Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign (www.fec.gov)
October/December 2015: Kip Tom receives two $2500 donations from Growth Energy PAC.
Present Day: Kip Tom remains a board member of Growth Energy (LinkedIn; Growth Energy Leadership & Board of Directors)
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) Timeline:
February 2005: IEDC established by Governor Mitch Daniels to replace state Department of Commerce (http://www.iedc.in.gov/about; http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/55424.htm).
March 2005: Kip Tom named as an inaugural IEDC board member by Mitch Daniels (Associated Press State & Local Wire, 3/3/2005; IEDC Board Minutes, 3/17/2005).
March 2010: WTHR first reports on the IEDC’s exaggeration of job creation claims and lack of transparency (WTHR).
December 2012: Kip Tom writes an op-ed defending the IEDC (Indianapolis Star, 12/30/2012) at the exact same time that multiple state papers are calling for more IEDC oversight and accountability (Madison Courier, 12/29/2012; The Frankfort Times, 12/31/2012) and when State Senators Mike Delph and Jim Banks are introducing legislation to improve IEDC transparency (Marion Chronicle-Tribune, 12/30/2012).
November 2012: Mike Pence elected Governor of Indiana.
May 2013: Governor Mike Pence signs an IEDC transparency bill into law (WTHR).
September 2015: Kip Tom resigns from the board of IEDC when he declares his bid for Congress (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 9/3/2015).