The Arizona Senate race between Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick and Senator John McCain is heating up. McCain’s latest political ad in his effort to extend his 30-year Senate tenure rips into Kirkpatrick’s record with a border security message.
“Ann Kirkpatrick voted to weaken Arizona's borders with votes against penalties for human traffickers and against using the National Guard in border-security emergencies,” the ad begins.
McCain’s communication director commented, “Democrat Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick claims she is a moderate voice but in reality she sides with the liberal establishment on important Arizona issues including border security. The truth is, Congresswoman Kirkpatrick takes her marching orders from Democratic Party leaders, proving she is too liberal for Arizona.”
The Kirkpatrick campaign immediately questioned the ad’s accuracy, calling it “purposely deceitful.”
"This ad is based upon things that have already been found to be inaccurate by an independent fact checker last election cycle," Kirkpatrick's communications director, D.B. Mitchell, told Phoenix’s New Times. "They're not being truthful and are being purposefully deceitful. It's simply an ad that just doesn't stand up to scrutiny at all."
Kirkpatrick has faced her own accusations of inaccurate advertising. The Washington Post reviewed one of her political ads this spring and termed it a “clip job” because of the way it edited video of the Senator.
On the border issue itself, McCain has the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council; members of the union appear in the ad.
Kirkpatrick has caught up to McCain in fundraising; in mid-June he was 5.5 points ahead in RealClearPolitics’ average of poll results.
FiveThirtyEight, in its last analysis, gave Rep. Kirkpatrick a 25% chance of upsetting the former POW and Republican presidential candidate. Stay tuned as we follow this race.
“Ann Kirkpatrick voted to weaken Arizona's borders with votes against penalties for human traffickers and against using the National Guard in border-security emergencies,” the ad begins.
McCain’s communication director commented, “Democrat Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick claims she is a moderate voice but in reality she sides with the liberal establishment on important Arizona issues including border security. The truth is, Congresswoman Kirkpatrick takes her marching orders from Democratic Party leaders, proving she is too liberal for Arizona.”
The Kirkpatrick campaign immediately questioned the ad’s accuracy, calling it “purposely deceitful.”
"This ad is based upon things that have already been found to be inaccurate by an independent fact checker last election cycle," Kirkpatrick's communications director, D.B. Mitchell, told Phoenix’s New Times. "They're not being truthful and are being purposefully deceitful. It's simply an ad that just doesn't stand up to scrutiny at all."
Kirkpatrick has faced her own accusations of inaccurate advertising. The Washington Post reviewed one of her political ads this spring and termed it a “clip job” because of the way it edited video of the Senator.
On the border issue itself, McCain has the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council; members of the union appear in the ad.
Kirkpatrick has caught up to McCain in fundraising; in mid-June he was 5.5 points ahead in RealClearPolitics’ average of poll results.
FiveThirtyEight, in its last analysis, gave Rep. Kirkpatrick a 25% chance of upsetting the former POW and Republican presidential candidate. Stay tuned as we follow this race.