Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) response to Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes’ new ad saying McConnell doesn’t know how to hold a gun links Grimes to President Barack Obama.
The campaign tweeted out a picture of Grimes holding a gun in her new ad and Obama shooting a gun below. The two pictures were separated by the text Grimes = Obama.
#ObamaNeedsGrimes #kysen pic.twitter.com/HnHvgmScnn
— Team Mitch (@Team_Mitch) September 15, 2014
The photo of Obama is from one released by the White House of the President skeet shooting.
Guns have been an ongoing theme in the Kentucky Senate race. Grimes previously criticized McConnell over how he held a gun on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March. She also once challenged McConnell to go to a gun range with her. Local press has also reported that McConnell has refused to say whether he owns a gun.
The TPM Polltracker gives McConnell a 5.1 point lead over Grimes.
So she criticized his inability to handle firearms properly, and he responded by pointing out that both Grimes and Obama are more familiar with guns than he is.
Do I have that right?
Agree with OtterQueen: this is going to backfire on the Turtle.
I think it’s pretty incredible that Mitch McConnell’s wife was GWB’s Labor Secretary for his entire administration but that isn’t an effective attack ad because the people hurt by the Chao Labor Dept implicitly trust the Republican brand - as if mine safety isn’t a concern in KY.
Lame-o.