In May 2014 , VSA released an attack advertisement against Arizona businesswoman Christine Jones , who was running against Arizona State Treasurer Doug Ducey in the Republican primary for Arizona gubernatorial election . The ad invoked the 2012 Benghazi attack and attacked Jones for " once writing kind words about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton . " Jones ' campaign criticized the ad as the " act of a desperate , fledgling campaign and their dark money allies who feel the need to go to this absurd association . " The ad was also produced by Nobel 's DC London , which Arends called " a great partner to our organization . " The group organized a campaign event for the Donald Trump presidential campaign of 2016 on the deck of the USS '' Iowa '' , News reports in September 2015 following the event publicized the fact that the group had lost its tax-exempt status
2012 Benghazi attack
2012 Benghazi attack
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