Club for Growth Action

"Ready for...Mike Huckabee?" +

0:60 ad run in Sioux City IA and Greenville, SC starting May 6, 2015.

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Female Announcer:  Why do conservatives oppose Mike Huckabee?

Chris Wallace:  ...Americans for Tax Reform, another conservative group, said that state spending during your first eight years as governor increased by 65-percent...

Newscaster:  You know the Wall Street Journal has editorialized about your record on taxes.  The Arkansas Democrat claimed you finished your term a governor of Arkansas with a net tax increase of $505 million dollars...

George Stephanopoulos:  The tax burden in Arkansas did go up during your tenure from about $1,900 per person to $2,900 per person over ten years and also an overall increase of about $500 million...

Tim Russert:  The CATO Institute, conservative think tank, analyzed your performance and this is what they said: Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, Republican, final grade F.  "Mike Huckabee receives an F for his current term and D for his entire tenure.  The main reason for the drop was his insistencce on raising taxes at almost every turn..."

Female Announcer:  Ready for...Huckabee?  Club for Growth Action is responsible for the content of this advertising.

Notes: The day Huckabee announced his candidacy, Club for Growth Action announced it would run an ad criticizing his "record of tax increases."  The new ad continues on ads the group ran against Huckabee eight years ago in the 2008 Republican primary campaign ("Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee" from Aug. 2, 2007 and "United" from Dec. 10, 2007).

The May 5, 2015 press release:

Club for Growth Action TV Ad Reminds Iowa and South Carolina Voters of Mike Huckabee’s Record of Tax Increases

Huckabee raised taxes a lot and he raised them often.

Washington, DC –Club for Growth Action today announced a $100,000 TV ad buy to remind voters in Iowa and South Carolina of the tax increases that took place in Arkansas under the governorship of Mike Huckabee. The ad will begin airing tomorrow in Sioux City, IA and Greenville, SC.

“Governor Huckabee raised taxes; he raised them a lot and he raised them often,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh.“ And, as our ad points out, numerous conservative organizations highlighted those massive tax increases when Huckabee ran for president in 2008. Since he’s decided to run again, and is still not telling the whole story on his tax record, then we’ll do it for him.”