Democrats, facing the loss of their U.S. Senate majority and perhaps up to 20 seats in the House, think they’ve found a new secret weapon: Blame Republicans for Ebola.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee got into the act Monday with a static ad blaming Republicans for voting for a 2011 spending bill that failed to increase funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by as much as Democrats wanted. An obscure progressive group, the Agenda Project, has gone much further, releasing a ludicrous 60-second ad the group claims will run in two states, explicitly blaming Republicans for Ebola. The ad mixes together clips of Republicans saying variations of the word “cut” with scenes from the Ebola outbreak, and ends with the ominous message: “Republican cuts kill.”