A new ad from a national Republican group attacks Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn over the bipartisan Senate immigration bill passed last year, a sign the politics of the issue could be shifting dramatically.
The Senate bill, which included a path to citizenship for those here illegally, was supported by 14 Republicans, including potential presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio.
But the new ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee uses harsh language to attack the bill.
“Michelle Nunn proudly supports Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal immigrants,” it says.
Nunn opposes plans by President Obama to address immigration reform by executive action, which Republicans have heavily criticized, but she supports the 2013 Senate bill, which is currently stalled in the House.
A RealClearPolitics average of polls has Nunn’s Republican opponent David Perdue up by just 2.6 points.
