Election 2019: Va. senator says she never approved ad vowing to 'shoot down' anti-gun groups
RICHMOND — A Virginia state senator on Monday blamed her digital advertising firm for a political ad that shows her vowing to “shoot down” anti-gun activists, releasing a recorded phone conversation that she said backs up her claim.
A gun rights champion who caused a stir this year by wearing a gun on her hip on the Senate floor, Sen. Amanda F. Chase (R-Chesterfield) is running for a second term in November. In a Facebook ad posted last week, she is pictured pointing a gun.
“I’m not afraid to shoot down gun groups,” it reads. “SIGN my petition to help end the assault on our liberties.”
The backlash was swift, with local and national gun-control groups accusing her of threatening violence against them.
“Instead of working to prevent gun violence, Republican Senator Amanda Chase is threatening to commit it,” Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) tweeted Friday. “Disgusting, dangerous rhetoric from anyone, even worse from an elected official.”
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