Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the NRSC released a new ad highlighting that while Raphael Warnock may be a great actor, he doesn’t act like Georgia’s Senator, voting for more spending, higher prices, and less energy independence.
Per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The campaign arm of the Senate Republicans debuted its first TV ad of the runoff cycle, telegraphing a strategy to assail U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock with a mix of attacks from the general election along with a swipe that was deployed against Stacey Abrams.
The 30-second spot that aired Thursday from the National Republican Senatorial Committee brings up familiar themes against Warnock, including linking the Democrat with President Joe Biden.
“Warnock is a great actor,” the narrator says. “He just doesn’t act like your senator. Spending, taxes, energy – you name it. Warnock votes with Joe Biden 96% of the time. And that act is getting old.”
The ads are designed to boost GOP nominee Herschel Walker, a former football player, in a race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Gov. Brian Kemp and his allies framed Abrams as “Celebrity Stacey” with attacks that helped bring down her favorability ratings. Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker often describes Warnock as a “Marxist” and rubber-stamp for Biden but hasn’t played up the Hollywood line.
The mention of “great actor” also invokes another favorite angle of attack for Republicans. In March 2020, Warnock’s then-wife described him as a “great actor” in police footage of a dispute in which she claimed he ran over her foot.
Watch the ad here:
Statement from NRSC Spokesman T.W. Arrighi: “Georgians don’t support 96% of Joe Biden’s policies, so why does their U.S. Senator? It’s because he is a great actor, selling the people of Georgia one thing and then voting for an agenda of higher taxes, more spending, and more expensive energy. It’s time for a Georgia Senator who actually represents the people who elect him. It’s time for Herschel Walker.”
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