CWA Running Ads Urging Unified Senate Democrats' Support for Sohn
The Communications Workers of America launched what it described Monday as a “six-figure” online ad campaign urging all 50 Senate Democrats to support FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, who has faced a difficult confirmation process since President Joe Biden picked her…
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in October (see 2204150063). CWA bought ads aimed at a national audience and others targeted at audiences in Arizona, Nevada and West Virginia. Three Democratic senators from those states -- Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, Arizona’s Mark Kelly and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin -- are considered undecided on Sohn (see 2203300069). The delay in Sohn’s confirmation “makes it harder for the FCC to serve the American people, which is how the corporations that the agency is meant to regulate like it,” said CWA Senior Director-Government Affairs and Policy Shane Larson in a statement. “It’s past time for the Senate to confirm her so that the FCC can have a full complement of commissioners and get to work.” CWA’s campaign follows ads that One Country Project began disseminating last week in opposition to Sohn, targeted at senators in six states: Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Montana, Nevada and West Virginia. Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., a member of One Country’s board, began criticizing Sohn in March (see 2203170070).