A GOP Senate candidate is facing criticism for allegedly promoting violence with a Super Bowl ad that shows him shooting look-alikes of President Joe Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ).
The three Democratic elected officials are depicted as masked bandits, with Biden being called “Old Joe” and Pelosi labeled “Crazyface Pelosi” in the ad for Arizona GOP Senate candidate Jim Lamon.
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Lamon plays an old west sheriff who confronts the Democrats. The townsfolk – who are all white even though only 60% of Arizona’s population is non-Hispanic white, according to the U.S. Census Bureau – complain about how they’re “tired of being pushed around… and inflation! And open borders! And gas prices!”
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Lamon then shoots at the Democrats, knocking their guns out of their hands.
Arizona has had enough of the DC Gang’s open borders, high gas prices, and shifty politicians pushing us around. @CaptMarkKelly @JoeBiden @TeamPelosi, it’s time for a good old-fashioned showdown.
Check out our new Super Bowl ad, The Showdown, here ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/mJTbFuS0du
— Jim Lamon (@jim_lamon) February 10, 2022
On Twitter, people were angry that a political candidate would be so nonchalant in portraying gun violence against elected officials.
Let’s see what happens first: you deleting this on your own or twitter suspending your account.
— Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈 (@AmoneyResists) February 10, 2022
If the @SecretService doesn't act on this it needs to be disbanded. @FBIWFO @DHSgov
— Tim Hogan 浩勤 (@TimInHonolulu) February 10, 2022
You know Gabby Giffords was shot, right?
— Harlow (@AngryInAGoodWay) February 10, 2022
@FBI @FBIWFO @CapitolPolice @SecretService this is appalling.
— Meidas Mighty CatMom (@Nials5) February 10, 2022
This should automatically disqualify you from ever holding office. Enough is enough. People are fed up with this violent rhetoric and imagery.
— can't have it (@eclecticbella) February 10, 2022
So we are just threatening the lives of public officials now? @TwitterSupport, this has been up for quite a while now. @FBI, @SecretService, @TheJusticeDept …until there are consequences, this will never end!
— lauren girard (@laureniscooking) February 10, 2022
"Threats of violence have become commonplace among a significant part of the party, as historians and those who study democracy warn of a dark shift in American politics."https://t.co/MdVL7HCYvC
— (Italian) Bamboo cryptologist (@TinResistAgain) February 11, 2022
