Another member of Congress is misleading constituents about past support for the Violence Against Women Act, a law whose protections Republicans allowed to briefly expire in 2013 for the first time since its passage two decades ago.
An ad released by Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) on Tuesday claims the congresswoman "stood up to her own party to champion the Violence Against Women Act to make women safer and she won."
The 30-second spot, which centers on women's issues, appears to embellish Jenkins' role in the matter. It cites Jenkins' vote for a bipartisan Senate bill that reauthorized the law but also left out expanded protections for victims of domestic violence who were Native American, undocumented immigrants, or lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. In that vote, Jenkins joined a relatively large number of Republicans, 87, who also apparently "stood up" to their party. Moreover, while she may have "championed" that vote, Jenkins' record on the matter suggests otherwise. In 2012, she voted to prevent consideration of VAWA reauthorization bills in the House.
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Why do they just keep on lying? Do they think no one will notice?
