Dem Opponent Slams McConnell Over Shutdown In Fiery Web Ad (VIDEO)

In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In its first major campaign finance case since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Supreme Co... In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In its first major campaign finance case since the Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Supreme Court is considering whether to undo some limits on contributions from the biggest individual givers to political campaigns. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky want the court to overturn the overall limits on what contributors may give in a two-year federal election cycle. MORE LESS
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Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), slammed the senator for his role in the government shutdown in a new web ad released Monday.

“Mitch McConnell can’t light the house on fire, then claim credit for putting it out, especially while it’s still burning,” the 30-second spot’s narrator said over an image of a burning home.

Despite telling constituents that a government shutdown “won’t stop Obamacare,” McConnell had refused to intervene in the shutdown fight until a debt crisis reared its head. He has since vowed that the government will not be shuttered again over the health care law.

The ad’s narrator went on to argue that McConnell’s shutdown politics hurt Kentucky’s economy and pointed out that McConnell called himself a “proud guardian of gridlock,” blocking Congress over 400 times.

A survey from Public Policy Polling, released a day after McConnell struck a deal with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to avoid a debt default, showed Grimes leading McConnell 45 percent to 43 percent.

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