99. Sanders tries to dupe the public with TV ad

In a press release (9/27), the Tarrant campaign has called on Sanders to stop running a deceptive ad.

Tarrant Campaign to Sanders: Stop Using Dubilier to Dupe Public and Pull Ad

The Tarrant for Senate campaign today called on Congressman Bernie Sanders to pull his deceptive ad immediately.

At a press conference on Saturday at the former site of York Capacitor in Winooski, Congressman Sanders condemned outsourcing and announced that he would introduce legislation to outlaw tax breaks for firms that export jobs to countries where labor is cheap and benefits minimal.

He also unveiled a new television ad that features individuals who have lost their jobs after they were moved to another country.

Here's what the ad says:

"Bernie is known as a protector of the worker and the way he goes about doing that is protecting the businesses that are employing those workers."

Mathias Dubilier
Owner, Winooski Manufacturing Company

Here's what the ad doesn't tell you:

Mathias Dubilier is not just the owner of the Winooski Manufacturing Company. In fact, he did just what Congressman Sanders condemns business owners for doing: he outsourced jobs

Here are the facts:

Who is Mathias Dubilier?
• Until February 2004 Mathias Dubilier was the owner of York Capacitor
• In 2004 Mathias Dubilier sold York Capacitor to CDE

What did CDE do after it bought York Capacitor from Mathias Dubilier?
• Just what Mathias Dubilier told the workers at York Capacitor it would do: move their jobs to Mexicali, Mexico
• "When Mathias Dubilier sold York in February 2004, he told employees that the new owner, CDE, would close the Winooski plant and move operations to Mexicali, Mexico..." (Burlington Free Press, March 31, 2005)

Who is CDE
• CDE is short for Cornell Dubilier Electronics -- yes, the same Dubilier family
• Cornell Dubilier Electronics is a South Carolina based company that has a manufacturing plant located in Mexicali, Mexico

"The Sanders ad features an outsourcer disguised as a victim of outsourcing. You can't profit by selling your business to another member of your family while at the same time knowing full well that the jobs will be moved to Mexico and then cry foul," said Tarrant campaign manager Tim Lennon.

"Congressman Sanders should stop running this deceptive and fraudulent ad immediately," Lennon continued.