Dear MoveOn member,
In a Super Bowl TV ad, an Arizona Republican Senate candidate portrayed himself shooting President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, whose wife, former Representative Gabby Giffords, was shot in the head and critically injured in an assassination attempt more than a decade ago.1
Disgusting.
Sen. Mark Kelly, one of the GOP's top targets in this year's mid-term elections, is a strong advocate of gun control, and it's clear some Republicans are willing to resort to violence to take him down.
That's exactly why MoveOn is launching a rapid-response fundraising effort to defend Sen. Kelly, keep Arizona blue in 2022, and stop the violent GOP.
The GOP candidate, Jim Lamon, isn't the first Republican to prominently feature political violence in a TV ad.
In a recent TV ad, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene complained that Nancy Pelosi is "sneaking the Green New Deal into the $3.5 trillion budget" and uses a massive .50-caliber sniper rifle to blow up a Toyota Prius with the word "socialism" emblazoned across it.2
And just months ago, GOP Representative Paul Gosar shared on his official congressional social media accounts an animated video depicting him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging two swords at President Biden.3
The GOP's sick embrace of white supremacism and violence makes it an illegitimate political party. They simply have no business being in elected office.
Respond to the GOP's attacks by ensuring Sen. Kelly has the financial resources he needs to defeat the violent, extremist GOP.
Thanks for all you do.
–Chris, Allison, Chrissy, Casey, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Arizona Republican's "disgusting" ad shows him shooting at Gabby Giffords' husband Mark Kelly," Salon, February 11, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/160893?t=4&akid=317079%2E40999114%2EGhFJam
2. "Marjorie Taylor Greene Raffles Off .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle In Latest Stunt," Forbes, September 22, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/160894?t=6&akid=317079%2E40999114%2EGhFJam
3. "Republican congressman posts video depicting violence against Ocasio-Cortez and Biden," CNN, November 10, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/160896?t=8&akid=317079%2E40999114%2EGhFJam
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