To the editor,

Recently we were advised by a contributor to these letters to beware of deceptive political commercials. It is good advice. Space doesn't allow a thorough discussion of both sides' efforts at deception so just a couple of the more egregious from  the conservative pacs will be mentioned here. First, Eric Hovde has an attack ad blaming Sen. Tammy Baldwin for the Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy in 2021. Somehow she is responsible because she voted against a federal budget bill that included funding to limit bail releases. Fact check; bail release is a county level decision. Baldwin's vote had no impact on that tragic event.  

Second, a commercial has 3rd District Rep. Derrick Van Orden being lauded for his support of an "anti-red tape" bill which will lower the price of groceries and gasoline and rescue our weak economy. There are a couple of problems with this. The US economy is currently the strongest in the world among the industrialized nations. Secondly, what is Van Orden talking about? What reduction in regulation or safety inspection would reduce any grocery or gasoline cost?  

Third, there is a pro-Trump ad flooding the air waves which shows VP Harris expressing concern about inflation and then cutting to an earlier speech where she refers to the successes of "Bidenomics." The MAGA pact is spending $25 million on this ad so it is on a lot. The deception here is that Harris’ remarks endorsing Bidenmomics are not related to her concern about inflation. She made the "Bidenomics" remarks while touting three achievements. One, was the record number of jobs produced during Biden's tenure, two, was reference to the successful impact on the economy of the infrastructure bill, and her third reference was to the caps on big pharma that will save Medicare $100 billion by 2031, according to the Brookings Institute and the Congressional Budget Office. (Interestingly, the Biden economic tenure has performed better than Trump's on every economic matrix except inflation, therefore, it seems fair to refer to "Bidenomics" as generally "working").

Ron Ginsbach

Elmwood