Ex-US president Donald Trump is finally opening his checkbook, reserving millions of dollars in airtime for ads to bolster his endorsed candidates in key midterm races
Trump had been under growing pressure to finally start spending on midterm races after playing an outsize role in the primaries and pushing his favoured candidates.
The group is already airing ads in Pennsylvania and Ohio, home to two of the most consequential and competitive Senate races in the country. The Trump ad set to air in Georgia, which was shared with The Associated Press news agency, does not include any mention of Walker. The ads first attacked Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman, who is running against Republican nominee Mehmet Oz, by portraying Fetterman as soft on crime.
Ryan, who is running against Trump-endorsed Republican JD Vance, has run as a centrist trying to win back the Rust Belt voters who have soured on the party in recent years.