Tuesday 4 October 2022 09:00 PM Ron Johnson hits Senate race rival for saying Steve Scalise 'took one for the ... trends now
Ron Johnson's new campaign ad takes a stab at Democratic opponent Mandela Barnes after his old tweets were dug up where he said Steve Scalise 'took one for the team' when he was shot at a congressional baseball game practice.
The digital ad also focused on crime, claiming that Barnes, who is currently the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, wants to defund police and release violent criminals.
'Mandela Barnes coddles criminals and mocks victims,' the narrator claims.
It also notes that the Democratic candidate trying to unseat Johnson 'isn't fit to be a senator.'
A deep dive into Barnes' old tweets shows him tearing into Republican House Whip Scalise for not changing his thoughts on gun rights after being shot by a far-left extremist during a baseball practice in Virginia in 2017.
'Taking one for the team,' Barnes, who was not in office at the time, wrote on Twitter.
'I question how people vote against self interest but this is next level. He literally almost died on this hill,' he added of the Louisiana lawmaker.
Senator Ron Johnson released a new attack ad Tuesday against his Democratic competitor Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes claiming he 'mocks victims' and 'coddles criminals'
The ad attack came after a slew of Barnes' old tweets were dug up, including one that claimed GOP Whip Steve Scalise was 'taking one for the team' after his views did not change on gun control legislation after he was shot and almost died during a congressional baseball practice in Virginia in 2017
The ad's narrator claims 'Mandela Barnes coddles criminals and mocks victims,' adding he 'isn't fit to be a senator'. Barnes supports the 'defund police' movement
Scalise didn't change his views on the Second Amendment after nearly dying from the gun-shot wound to his hip.
After being shown the tweet, Scalise told Punchbowl News: 'That's disgraceful. It says a lot more about his lack of character to be in essence condoning political violence. All of us should be standing up against political violence.'
'To say something like that, [Barnes] really needs to look in the mirror and reevaluate his lack of character,' he added.
Barnes said his reaction to Scalise's pro-gun stance came from a 'personal' place of 'frustration' because he 'experienced the pain
