LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Team Mitch today began airing a new statewide ad condemning the violent protests taking place across the nation. “Judgement” shows the horrific images of violent protests in cities such as Portland, Oregon, and compares extreme liberal Amy McGrath, who supports these violent mobs, to Senator Mitch McConnell, who stands against their destruction.
“Amy McGrath says the Portland protests are ‘peaceful,’ but there is nothing peaceful about assault, vandalism, or Molotov cocktails,” said McConnell Senate Committee campaign manager Kevin Golden. “With Mitch McConnell in the Senate, Kentuckians have a strong leader who has the sound judgment to stand up to violent mobs attempting to destroy our communities, harm our neighbors, and defund the police. There is no place in the Senate for so-called leaders that are not willing to protect our communities.”
Click here to watch “Judgement.”
SCRIPT:
MITCH MCCONNELL: Does this look like a peaceful protest to you? My opponent Amy McGrath says it is.
A peaceful protest? Vandalism, assault, and worse.
McGrath says it’s un-American to protect federal buildings from being burned.
I believe we have a duty to protect Americans from the violence that’s devastating our communities.
It starts with having the courage to say this isn’t a peaceful protest, it’s a violent attempt to destroy our communities. It requires clarity to say that radical ideas like defunding the police will not help victims, it will create them.
Peaceful protestors don’t use Molotov cocktails to have their voices heard. They don’t attempt to blind law enforcement officers with lasers in order to be seen.
And in Kentucky, we don’t send senators to Washington who lack the judgment to stand up to violent mobs.
I’m Mitch McConnell and I approve this message.
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BACKGROUND:
Amy McGrath believes the protests in Portland are “peaceful.” (WPSD, 7/27/2020)
- “She criticized the federal government for sending in federal agents to Portland, and called the situation a peaceful protest, despite reports from Portland police of a riot that broke out in the city just last night.”
- “‘What’s happening in Portland is peaceful protesting, and unfortunately we have federal agents sent in that, from what I can tell, you know, are tear gassing peaceful protesters,’ McGrath said.”
Amy McGrath says efforts to protect federal buildings from violent protestors are “un-American.” (WSIL, 7/24/2020)