{"id":134138,"date":"2016-03-08T18:41:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T01:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=134138"},"modified":"2016-10-12T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T19:11:50","slug":"rubio-other-conservatives-pummel-trump-with-attack-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/03\/rubio-other-conservatives-pummel-trump-with-attack-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio, other conservatives pummel Trump with attack ads"},"content":{"rendered":"

The empire has struck back \u2014 a conservative coalition aired nearly 7,000 advertisements in the past week attacking anti-establishment candidate Donald Trump<\/a> in a last-ditch effort to prevent the real estate billionaire from winning the Republican nomination for president.<\/p>\n

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Gage Skidmore \/ Creative Commons<\/p>

Since last Tuesday, a whopping 76 percent of all attack ads in the presidential race targeted Donald Trump. (Photo CC info<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Since last Tuesday, a whopping 76 percent of all attack ads in the presidential race targeted Trump, according to a Center for Public Integrity<\/a>\u00a0analysis of data provided by Kantar Media\/CMAG, an advertising tracking firm.<\/p>\n

The pro-Marco Rubio Conservative Solutions PAC<\/a> aired about two-thirds of these ads. Rubio is fighting for his political life, having staked his campaign on winning the Florida primary, which is a week away. The last\/best hope for the Republican establishment, the U.S. senator must win his home state to have any realistic chance of staying in the race.<\/p>\n

One ad titled \u201cFools\u201d<\/a> accounted for more than a third of those aired by the super PAC.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump: puts himself first and us last,\u201d the ad\u2019s narrator says. The ad accuses Trump of abusing bankruptcy laws, banning homeless veterans from loitering in front of his high rise and using eminent domain laws to seize property.<\/p>\n

The latest ad barrage arrives in the midst of the GOP frontrunner\u2019s mounting victories in state nominating contests. If Trump wins Florida or Ohio, also hosting a primary on March 15, he will only need about 50 percent of the remaining delegates to earn the nomination.<\/p>\n