Attack ads in Pittsburgh's mayoral race funded by so-called dark money
Pittsburgh's race for mayor has taken a dark turn with one side accusing the other of making sweetheart deals or taking MAGA money along with accusations of racist tactics.
It's all being fueled by so-called "dark money" — unlimited amounts of cash spent by political action committees on TV attack ads and mailers.
"We're a month out and it's already this nasty, so past experience tells us it will only get worse," said political consultant Mike Butler.
PACs are funding these ads with hundreds of thousands of dollars in so-called independent expenditures. There's no limit on what they can spend as long as they don't communicate or coordinate with a candidate's campaign.
"And people don't know who's behind these PACs," said KDKA-TV's Andy Sheehan.
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