The National Republican Senatorial Committee unveiled a new televised ad targeting Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Nevada. The ad will begin airing in the Las Vegas and Reno media markets next week.
The TV-spot specifically takes aim at the former Nevada attorney general’s support for the Obama administration’s deal with Iran, and shows Cortez Masto, juxtaposed with images of people chanting “death to America” and a large explosion accompanied by a mushroom cloud.
“After hiding from the issue for months, Cortez Masto finally announced her support for President Obama’s nuclear capitulation to Iran, a state sponsor of terror,” said Greg Blair, NRSC spokesman, in a statement. “Poll after poll after poll shows that Cortez Masto’s support for the Obama-Reid agenda puts her firmly on the wrong side of the American people.”
The ad’s debut in the Silver State will coincide with the first Democratic presidential debate happening in Las Vegas. Cortez Masto is former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s handpicked successor, while the Republican opponent looks likely to be Rep. Joe Heck, an Iraq war veteran and physician whose congressional district includes parts of Las Vegas. The 2016 Nevada Senate race appears to be a dead heat and could become crucial to Republican efforts to maintain their majority in the Senate. The state’s senatorial campaigns could set the stage for the rough-and-tumble presidential contest, too.
