WI GOP Senate Hopeful Pledges Trump Loyalty In Ad Featuring Gun Next To Her

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo/AP



By SCOTT BAUER, | June 18, 2018 11:40 am

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With a holstered handgun next to her on a kitchen table, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir promises in her first television ad of the campaign released Monday to stand with President Donald Trump just as she did against death threats in Wisconsin.

Vukmir, a state senator, faces management consultant and political newcomer Kevin Nicholson in the Republican primary on Aug. 14. Nicholson is running as the outsider in the race and brands Vukmir as a career politician. She has tried to play up her conservative voting record and support for Trump even though she did not initially endorse him.

The winner will take on Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in November in a race that has attracted more spending by outside groups than any other in the country, based on a tally by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Vukmir and other Republican legislators were the target of massive protests in 2011 for backing GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s signature law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers, including teachers, and forced them to pay more for their benefits.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wisconsin-gop-senate-candidate-leah-vukmir-ad-campaign

[AllyCat]

1. For the first time in my life, I am considering voting in the GOP primary here

Just trying to decide which one I want to vote against in November when I cast my vote for the wonderful Tammy Baldwin. Leah Vukmir is HORRIBLE. Nicholson is no picnic either.

[snacker]

3. I've been considering this also.

And, until November, I will be doing all I can to get Tammy Baldwin re-elected.

[Lifelong Protester]

2. She can go to he**

I finally got off her mailing list (I think someone put me there as a joke)

[bitterross]

4. This is the natural progression of facism. Toeing the party line only.

The loss by Mark Sanford put fear into many Republicans. They are now pledging their loyalty to a man instead of the Constitution.

This is not the USA any more.

[blugbox]

5. WOW... such a dystopian weird vibe from that still frame...

A warm smile and cold steel.

Just your average middle aged woman, with a life-ending instrument resting on her dining table...

With the odd blue-hue covering everything, it seriously looks like a poster for The Purge or something!

Just step back and look at it! Insanity

[paleotn]

6. Hey, sweetie....

I've got some of those too and I am in no way intimidated. And you can take your Dumpster worship and shove it up your arse.

[Liberalhammer]

7. A thinly veiled threat for her supporters

To commit murder.

It's what she is asking them to do.

[turbinetree]

8. Time to send some money ..................

https://www.tammybaldwin.com/


we have enough GOP psychopaths in this country, we don't need to add another one



November 2018 cannot get here soon enough

[NOMOGOP]

9. "Career politician" is all he can find wrong w/her?

[BillyBobBrilliant]

10. Okay, now pick up the gun

Place it with the end of the barrel firmly against your temple
Cock the hammer, and
Remember to squeeze, not jerk
When you hear a loud noise
Well, that's pretty much it...

[Midnight Writer]

11. Well then, she looks stable.