MI-SEN: John James admits swastika in TV ad was a mistake
WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James on Monday took responsibility for running a TV ad in which the image of a swastika appeared, saying it was an error that got past him and his campaign team.
"I need to fess up and admit this was a terrible error on our part," James, a businessman who is running against U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said at a news conference in Livonia. "We should have caught this error and we didn't and there is no excuse."
James -- who posted the news conference on Twitter -- said he denounced "hatred in all its forms" and that the mistake was ultimately his as the head of his campaign. But he also said that the suggestion that the inclusion of the swastika might have any meaning in his ad had was an indication of "how low people are willing to go" to smear him.
Some Democrats had raised questions about the swastika that appeared in the ad.
At about the 10-second mark of James’ first general election TV ad, which is titled, “Ready to Serve,” the ad shows a school hallway as James, in his narration, talks about “failing schools.” To the left in the hallway is a bulletin board with a red, white and black swastika pinned to it.
There is no mention of the symbol nor does it appear to have any direct link to the rest of the ad, which is centered on James' argument that change is needed in Washington to fix Michigan's most pressing problems. It was not immediately clear at which school the ad was shot.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/15/michigan-senate-john-james-swastika/1650812002/
DEBBIE STABENOW
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I thought my Senator was running unopposed...guess what? She is!
