Bob CollinsThe guy is right; there really are no words.
The fact that almost every reasonable person who listens to an ad in support of an Arkansas Republican congressman’s re-election thinks it’s fake offers at least a glimpse of hope that there are still people who realize the problem with it.
It’s not fake.
This is a real radio ad currently running in Arkansas in support of Republican Congressman French Hill on radio stations targeted to the African American community. I don't even have words to describe it. pic.twitter.com/vpzt1nGPlc
— (((Ben Tribbett))) (@notlarrysabato) October 18, 2018
The congressman condemned the ad.
Vernon Robinson, the treasurer of Black Americans for the President’s Agenda, told NBC News on Thursday he disagreed with the characterization that the ad featured racist stereotypes.
Robinson is a failed North Carolina congressional candidate with some experience in racial tropes. He once called himself “the black Jesse Helms.”
The largest donors to the PAC are mostly wealthy, white Republicans in Florida. One exception is donor Chaska Hall Reitz, of Roseville, according to OpenSecrets.org. Reitz donated $1,000 last month.
More political ad news: Faith leaders denounce Wardlow mailers attacking Keith Ellison (Star Tribune)
