The re-election arm of the senate’s taking aim four Democrats facing challenging elections in a new ad blitz that criticizes them and their colleagues for voting last year to give infectious-disease stimulus checks to convicted felons.
In the digital spots, which were shared first with Fox News on Tuesday, National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chair Sen. Rick Scott points to convicted Boston Marathon terrorist bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as well as Larry Nassar, who was convicted of raping and molesting female gymnasts during his 18-year tenure as team doctor of the United States women’s national gymnastics team.
“Guess what they have in common,” the senator from Florida says to camera in the ad. “They are criminals who received stimulus checks from your tax dollars. Republicans tried to stop them, but every Senate Democrat voted to give stimulus checks to convicted criminals in jail.”
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Scott then emphasizes that “the terrorist who maimed and killed people at the Boston Marathon, the pervert doctor who molested gymnasts, and thousands of other criminals got checks for $1,400, your money, courtesy of Senate Democrats.”
“If that doesn’t tick you off, nothing will,” the NRSC chair argues.
Scott’s referring to an amendment put forward by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana last March, during a very long Senate debate and votes on the sweeping COVID-19 relief passage that passed the Democratic controlled Senate along party lines. The passage of the Democrats’ bill through both houses of Congress was joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< – allowed prisoners to receive the payments.
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Scott pledges in the ad that “we’re going throw these Democrats out of office this November. We only need one more seat and we need your help. Donate today.”
GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida speaks with Fox News while attending the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference in Las Vegas, on Nov. 5, 2021
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The NRSC tells Fox News that it will spend five figures to start running on Tuesday personalized versions of the digital ads against all four senators.
Scott, in a statement to Fox News, charged that the “Senate Democrats’ shameful vote will live in infamy and will be a major reason why Republicans will take back the Senate and end the madness.”
