Rand Paul’s Senate Opponent Releases Campaign Ad Showing Himself Wearing a Noose

Kentucky Democratic Senate nominee Charles Booker released a campaign ad involving a noose.

The ad opens with a noose hanging from a tree.

“The pain of our past persists to this day. In Kentucky, like many states throughout the South, lynching was a tool of terror. It was used to kill hopes for freedom,” Booker said during the narration.

The ad shows a historical image of a man being lynched.

Another image shows a sign hanging from the building, saying, “A man was lynched yesterday.”

Booker continued, “It was used to kill my ancestors.”

He is shown wearing a noose around his neck.

“Now, in a historic victory for our Commonwealth, I have become the first Black Kentuckian to receive the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate,” Booker explained.

He went on to criticize Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for his comparison of expanded health care to slavery.

Booker called Paul the “person who said he would have opposed the Civil Rights Act.”

Additionally, Booker took aim at Paul for having “single-handedly blocked an anti-lynching act from being Federal law.”

Check out the campaign ad below:

“The choice couldn’t be clearer,” Booker said.

Holding onto the noose, Booker proceeded to ask, “Do we move forward together? Or do we let politicians like Rand Paul