Americans for Prosperity - Attack ad falsely says Bredesen backed gas, sales tax hikes that never happened

In the battle for the U.S. Senate, the Koch family-backed Americans for Prosperity launched a $2 million ad campaign against Tennessee Democrat Phil Bredesen. The group's ad targets Bredesen’s time as governor from 2003 to 2011. Bredesen will face Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn on the November ballot.  The ad opens with a shot of a woman, child in her arms, shopping for groceries. Here’s the text: "When times are tough, we budget for our families. But when our state’s budget was in crisis, Phil Bredesen supported higher taxes on us. Higher gas taxes. Higher sales taxes." The ad ends ...