No advertising budget? No problem.
Kelli Ward, a former Arizona state senator who is challenging Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the Republican primary, released an online ad this week that looks strikingly familiar to one cut by Mitt Romney’s team in 2008 when Romney was challenging McCain for the GOP presidential nomination.
The ad plays out a fictional debate between Hillary Clinton and McCain and alleges that on “amnesty for illegal immigrants,” votes against President Bush’s tax cuts and “blocking conservative judges,” McCain and Clinton agree.
The similarities were first reported by the Arizona Republic. The only difference noted by the Arizona Republic is the very end of the ad where Ward –instead of Romney– announces she supports the message. It appears the ad was a direct replica otherwise.
The Arizona Republic reached out to Ward’s campaign, which did not dispute that the ad was the same.
“Mitt Romney got it right,” Stephen Sebastian, Ward’s spokesman, told the Arizona Republic. “If the shoe fits, wear it. The substance is still the same. Some things never change.”
Check out the Mitt Romney ad here:
And Kelli Ward’s ad here:
