Republican Senate candidate Jim Lamon produced an ad where he shoots at President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Mark Kelly. It’s craven and violent as it is, but Kelly’s wife, Gabby Giffords, was seriously wounded by a gunman back in 2011 when she was a Congresswoman representing Arizona. Lamon’s ad also features Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb and Brandon Judd, who is the President of the Border Patrol Union.
This disgusting ad sparked outrage on Twitter shortly after dropping, as many reported the video for violence and asked that it be taken down.
I know Lamon is intentionally looking to court "liberal outrage" to gin up press around his campaign, but staging a whole ad to fire a gun at Sen. Kelly is just fucking gross. And what does it say about a man who would spend this kind of money to do this sort of thing … pic.twitter.com/LbsUp4Kxza
— Zachary.A.Mueller (@ZacharyAMueller) February 10, 2022
DISGUSTING: Former Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot and and seriously wounded 10 years ago. Her husband’s Republican US Senate opponent, @jim_lamon, just put out an ad in which he shoots Mark Kelly and other Democrat leaders. #AzSen pic.twitter.com/eoBIJH8ap0
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 10, 2022
Lamon campaign says this is right: Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, and "America's sheriff" Mark Lamb, are the deputies in this shot. Judd is a very popular GOP surrogate, appearing in ads for Greg Abbott, etc. https://t.co/84K98XxBG6
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) February 10, 2022
This Monday will be 4 years since my daughter was murdered. I take commercials like this seriously. The boy who murdered my daughter was motivated by videos like this. @jim_lamon know what happened to @GabbyGiffords. You owe Gabby & @CaptMarkKelly an apology. Remove this!!! https://t.co/wbFO0wU76O
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) February 10, 2022
Republicans don’t have any ideas to help you. And they can’t win elections. So they’ve gone all in on using violence as a path to power. RT if you’re choosing #VotesOverViolence this Fall. https://t.co/8G0Dc2e1Qf
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) February 10, 2022
When Republicans go low, they go even lower.
A representative of the US Border Patrol with images of a GOP Senate candidate shooting the President and a Senator (whose wife is a gunshot head wound survivor) and the Speaker of the House. https://t.co/N4Ke7SzIcV
— Douglas Rivlin 🇺🇲 (@douglasrivlin) February 10, 2022
Just when you thought today’s GOP couldn’t go any lower, they do. Republican Arizona Senate candidate Jim Lamon airs ad showing him shooting a gun at actors portraying President Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, whose wife was shot and severely injured. pic.twitter.com/QUP5EXcZar
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 10, 2022
WTF is wrong with you? You’re gonna threaten our commander in chief, Speaker of the House, and a senator who is a veteran and spouse of a congresswoman who was shot? https://t.co/sViEDTScTQ
— VoteVets (@votevets) February 10, 2022
