GOP Ad shows images of Hispanics and Dark Hands Receiving Welfare Payments

RSC Republican Outreach to Hispanics?
Dems Attack GOP Immigrant Welfare Ad in Oklahoma Senate Race

Ad shows images of Hispanics and Dark Hands Receiving Welfare Payments. Paid for by the National Republican Senatorial Committee

Democrats accused Republicans of "race baiting" Wednesday for running a television ad in the Oklahoma Senate race that shows images of Hispanics and dark hands receiving welfare payments. The ad is the latest in a series of bitter episodes in the fight between Democratic Rep. Brad Carson and Republican Tom Coburn - a campaign that could be pivotal in the battle for control of the Senate. The ad by the National Republican Senatorial Committee attacks Carson's voting record on immigration. The narrator says Carson had pledged to fight for Oklahoma jobs but had voted to make it easier for illegal immigrants to "cross our borders and take our jobs" and to allow immigrants to get welfare. Democratic leaders demanded that the ad be pulled immediately. "The 'black hands' ad the NRSC is running in Oklahoma crosses the line and runs counter to any kind of productive discourse," said New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. He said the ad "is a clear example of race baiting" and demanded that the committee "take this ad down now and apologize to our nation's Hispanic and African-American populations." Dan Allen, communications director at the NRSC, said the ads would continue to run. [more ] and [more ]