The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) PAC is launching an ad in several battleground states hitting Democrats for being âsoft on crime,â according to a press release obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The ad, which will likely begin airing near the end of the week in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, is part of a broader six-figure âRepublican Roadmapâ campaign run that is aimed at presenting Republicans as the party of law and order to swing state voters, an RSLC spokesperson told the DCNF. RSLCâs âSoft-on-Crimeâ ad accuses Democrats of pushing policies like defunding the police and ending cash bail, while also highlighting legislative actions taken by Republicans to promote public safety.
âAmerican families are not only struggling as they deal with high prices at the grocery store or the gas pump, but are also increasingly feeling unsafe in their communities,â RSLC President Dee Duncan said in a press release obtained by the DCNF. âWhile Joe Biden is off the ballot, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will have to answer for the Biden-Harris agenda that has gone soft-on-crime and created this chaos, especially thanks to their open border policies. State Republicans will continue to fight for additional funding for our police and to secure the border to prevent criminal activity as we look to change course and make our cities and communities safe once again.â
The ad referenced Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national who a grand jury indicted over the killing of 22-year-old student Laken Riley in Athens, Georgia. The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the âLaken Riley Actâ in March that, if passed, would require the federal government to detain foreign nationals who commit âburglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting offense.â
The act was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar in March and has not been advanced since, according to congressional records.
The ad also referenced Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant accused of raping and murdering a mother of five from Maryland, as well as a pair of illegal Venezuelan migrants charged with strangling a 12-year-old girl to death.
âJoe Biden might be off the ballot, but his soft on crime policies remain in the states,â the adâs narrator said. âThe reckless agenda coming from Democrats up and down the ballot have led to crime waves across the country.â
The ad also shows images of headlines that tie Vice President Kamala Harris to proposals like defunding the police.
âThe status quo has been more police equals more safety,â Harris said in an interview clipped in the ad. âThatâs just wrong.â
Michiganâs State Senate has a 20 to 18 Democratic majority and the Michigan House has a 56 to 54 Democratic majority, making the chambers attractive targets for Republicans, according to Ballotpedia. Chambers in Arizona, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Pennsylvania have similarly slim majorities, paving the way for flips in both directions.
âOur Republican Roadmap series is our playbook that we will continue to embrace to ensure more state Republicans are elected this November to reclaim and hold majorities in the states to combat the Democratsâ soft-on-crime agenda,â Duncan said in the press release.
Both the RSLC and its liberal counterpart, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, have raised tens of millions of dollars to pour into state-level elections in November.
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