Sen. Scott Brown’s (R-Mass.) campaign released a new ad on Friday that touts the candidate’s “pro-choice” values and support for equal pay, despite the fact that Brown has voted in favor of anti-birth control legislation and against the Paycheck Fairness Act.
In the ad, a Massachusetts woman discusses her support for Brown. “Scott Brown is pro choice, and he supports a woman’s right to choose,” she says. “I like that Scott Brown is independent, he really thinks for himself. His record shows that he supports women, he supports families. When my daughters grow up, I want to make sure that they have good jobs with equal pay, and I know Scott Brown will fight for that.”
The ad is somewhat misleading. Scott Brown voted with his GOP colleagues to block the Paycheck Fairness Act in June. He supported the controversial Blunt amendment, which would allow any employer to deny contraception coverage its to workers, and he was recently endorsed by Massachusetts Citizens for Life.
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