Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) went after his “desperate” rival former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) in one of two new TV ads his campaign launched Friday that focus on immigration.
The ads are slated to run in Iowa, according to the Washington Post. The size of the ad buy and the length of the ad run were not immediately clear.
In one ad, titled “Happening,” Rubio calls Bush “desperate” and says his rival is “spending millions on false attacks.”
Rubio, speaking directly into the camera, then vows to finish 700 miles of border walls and end funding for sanctuary cities, and, “When I’m president, there will be no amnesty.”
“If we aren’t 100 percent sure who you are and why you’re coming to America, you’re not getting in,” he says.
Immigration has been a sore spot in Rubio’s ultra-conservative image ever since he signed onto the “Gang of 8” immigration reform bill in 2013. He later abandoned that effort.
Rubio is absent for the second new TV ad, called “Support.” In his place is Kelly Terry-Willis, the sister of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, whose murder exposed the Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation in 2010.
“For me, this is personal,” she says. “This is about protecting America and everyone who fights for it.”
Watch the ads below:
