Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), now the Republican nominee for Senate in New Hampshire, released a new ad arguing that President Barack Obama and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Brown’s opponent) are confused about how to handle the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, unlike Brown.
“President Obama and Jeanne Shaheen seem confused about the nature of the threat,” Brown said in the ad. “Not me. I want to secure the border, keep out the people that would do us harm, and restore America’s leadership int he world.”
Early on Tuesday, ahead of a speech Obama planned to give on U.S. airstrikes on ISIS targets, Shaheen released a statement that said she supports “aggressive action to destroy” ISIS.
“I am encouraged that the United States was joined in this mission by Middle East partner nations,” Shaheen said. “We must continue to build a strong international coalition to defeat this terrorist group.”
Brown’s ad touches on a meme among Republicans that there’s a possibility that members of ISIS have entered the U.S. That’s despite the fact that Homeland Security officials have said “there is no credible intelligence to suggest that there is an active plot by [ISIS] to attempt to cross the southern border.”
The TPM Polltracker finds Shaheen with a 3.4 point lead over Brown.
Watch the ad below:
Those ISIS fighters disguised as 10 year old Honduran boys are the trickiest ones to stop. Genius.
And I’m going to stop Ebola by giving everyone in Nashua a face mask.
He is just a pretty face suffering with airhead disability.
I think this poor bastard actually believes he has something to contribute.
I hear this line “secure the border” over and over again from the right. It’s convenient that they rely on the three words and never explain exactly what they mean. In their “secure the border” world, what would they actually do differently, how much would it cost, would they support shooting people on sight if they are seen crossing the border?
Come on Scotty, show us that you are different from all of the others “secure the border” loudmouths, and tell us what you mean. I suspect the more reasonable GOP (are there any left?) would say they would do pretty much what Obama has been doing for years. Maybe that’s why they don’t say more than three words.