Pro-Trump Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik was blasted as 'low' by her hometown newspaper's editorial after she paid for Facebook ads pushing the 'great replacement' theory.
In Stefanik's ads, which appeared on Facebook Wednesday, Joe Biden was seen wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses, with scores of migrants pictured in their reflection walking towards the president.
The image was a riff on a Time magazine cover that saw Putin reflected in Biden's shades. Stefanik's ad text said 'Democrats are planning their most aggressive move yet: a PERMANANT ELECTION INSURRECTION.'
'Their plan to grant amnesty to 11 MILLION illegal immigrants will overthrow our current electorate and create a permanent liberal majority in Washington,' the ad continues on to say.
The Times Union editorial - titled 'How low, Ms. Stefanik?' - sunk its teeth into the advertisement.
'Quite a choice of words, of course, considering that the country is still suffering the aftershocks of the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington by supporters of Mr. Trump who tried to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.'
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik's ad - pictured here - was ripped by her hometown paper's op-ed as 'low'
Stefanik's ad appears to be a spoof on this June cover of Time magazine ahead of Biden' meeting with Putin
Rep. Elise Stefanik - pictured here on July 29 - was ripped by her hometown paper for her 'low' advertisements against immigrants
The op-ed ripped the advertisements as 'fear-based political tactics' and didn't mince words in the last paragraph.
'If there’s anything that needs replacing in this country — and in the Republican party — it’s the hateful rhetoric that Ms. Stefanik and far too many of her colleagues so shamelessly spew.'
The great replacement theory claims white people are intentionally being replaced in U.S. by migrants.
It has a long history in the country that included periods of
