Border Crisis Becomes Campaign Liability for This Senate Dem
21st March 2022
As the Biden administration has overseen record numbers of illegal immigrant crossings on the southern border, vulnerable Democrats are paying the price on the campaign trail.
A new TV ad released Monday hits Sen. Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) as a “bald-faced liar” for professing support for border security while enabling lax border protection.
“Mark Kelly claims he’s improving border security,” the ad, paid for by Republican candidate Jim Lamon, says. “But Kelly voted against border security funding three times. On his watch, illegal border crossings exploded—including sex predators, murderers, even a suspected terrorist—and deportations dropped 70 percent.”
Kelly leveraged his status as an astronaut and his marriage to crime victim Gabby Giffords to gain a Senate seat. Arizona may learn that issues matter and voting by emotionalism always ends badly.