The Michigan Democratic Party launched a new digital ad campaign Thursday blaming ex-Detroit Mayor Duggan for mismanaging a scandal involving potentially hundreds of demolition sites filled with harmful contaminants that pose health risks to residents.
The first ad, 1-minute, 9-seconds, which is running on social media platforms, concludes that Duggan can’t be trusted. The party did not disclose how much it will spend on the ad campaign.
Duggan, 67, who finished his 12th year as mayor in December, left the Democratic Party to run as an independent for governor, a move that has angered the Democratic Party. It fears the ex-mayor will siphon off enough Democratic votes to swing the election in favor of Republicans…