Despite editing her campaign ad to remove footage from American journalist James Foley’s beheading, Republican congressional candidate Wendy Rogers’ original ad was still available online as of Thursday morning.
The original link to the ad led to a YouTube page that showed the video was private and could not be viewed. But the ad was still viewable under a different URL elsewhere on the Arizona candidate’s YouTube account.
The ad began airing in the Phoenix market on Monday. Amid criticism, it was edited on Tuesday and the footage of Foley was removed, USA Today reported.
Rogers’ spokesman, James Harris, told The Arizona Republic that the new ad will remain on the air. He told the paper it was changed to ensure the focus stayed on incumbent Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), whom Rogers is attempting to portray as weak on terrorism and national security concerns.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said the original ad was “reprehensible,” according to USA Today. However, it signified a recent trend among GOPers, such as New Mexico Republican Senate candidate Allen Weh and Pam Gellar of the American Freedom Defense Institute, who used footage from Foley’s beheading and dramatic images of ISIS fighters in ads attacking Democrats.
This woman should quit the race in disgrace. She is worse than a ghoul.
Wendy Rogers’ ad, along with Kevin Cramer (R-douchebagistan) who made that ad using a cemetery as a backdrop showing the graves of dead vets, should be shamed mercilessly for their harsh insensitivity and crude opportunism in trying to get elected. That’s why we need someone, anyone, to enforce some kind of FEC laws and make them pay an actual fine for putting up these kinds of ads. If no real consequences exist, politicians and wannabes will keep making these awful ads.
Wendy Rogers is a repulsive right-wing hack.
Well, that’s the problem. We’ve got GOP-ers in Congress doing everything they can to destroy the laws which hold them accountable so that they can do whatever they want. If that fails, they then have their pocket judges on the Supreme Court to do it for them.
You can take the video down today, but Wendy Roger’s will still be a flagrant douche tomorrow.