Ron Johnson campaign scrambled to pull "Mass Murder" ad after July 4 mass shooting

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Sen. Ron Johnson's campaign scrambled to have this planned radio ad downplaying gun violence pulled after the mass shooting on July 4th in Highland Park. They kept it from airing, but it has since been leaked to me.

Full story: https://theintercept.com/2022/07/07/mass-shooting-guns-ron-johnson-campaign/…


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11:47 AM · Jul 7, 2022

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“THE LATEST MASS murder in America didn’t involve guns,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said in a recorded campaign radio ad slated to appear on July 6. But when the Highland Park, Illinois, shooting took place on July 4, killing seven and injuring 46 others, the campaign scrambled to keep the ad from hitting the airwaves, according to emails obtained by The Intercept.

The campaign ad, approved by Johnson and paid for by his Senate campaign committee as he seeks reelection, laid blame for the “latest mass murder” on President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. “Fifty-three people, including five children, were murdered by human traffickers because Joe Biden’s open border policy is facilitating the multibillion-dollar business model of some of the most evil people on the planet,” the ad continued, referencing an abandoned truck trailer recently discovered in San Antonio, Texas. “Human, sex, and drug trafficking are out of control because of Democrat governance.”

The day after the shooting, an executive from one of the companies contracted to produce the campaign radio ad, Katz Radio Group, frantically notified colleagues to suspend it. The following emails were provided to The Intercept by a source close to the Katz Radio Group on condition of anonymity to avoid reprisal.

In an email bearing the subject line “URGENT: Ron Johnson orders,” a vice president of sales at Katz Radio Group wrote, “they need the creative pulled ASAP. … If you listened to the spot it talks about mass shootings which obviously is not good creative after this past weekend (especially in Chicago).”

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I'm so tired of the lies about the border.

[emulatorloo]

1. Joe Biden doesn't have an "Open Border Policy". Can Republicans do anything without lying?

No they can’t.

[gratuitous]

2. Also, if the border is so open

Why do the traffickers have to smuggle in (or abandon) their marks? Can't they just openly walk them in because of the border being so, you know, open and stuff?

[renate]

4. It really makes me ill to think about how social media has dumbed us down so terribly

Propagandists make these confident declarative statements and most people don't bother to question the conclusions that are stated without actual proof.

[wnylib]

12. You beat me to it. That is my response, too,

whenever I hear the BS about open borders.

Open borders do not need smugglers.

[Nevilledog]

3. This is a big lie that hurts us.... Just like the one where BLM burned down ask the big cities.

We laugh about it, but it's become a major part of why these fascists think liberals are going to kill them.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Remember -- accusations by Republicans are confessions ...

What happened to the children that were "misplaced" by the trumPutin regime?

[True Blue American]

6. Isn't Ron the idiot

Who pretended like he was on a phone. Told the Reporter that. The Reporter answered,” No, you are not. Your phone is not on, I can see it!”

[SergeStorms]

7. Screw Johnson.....

that lying sack of excrement.

[cyndensco]

8. I cannot believe he or someone on his team

did not have the foresight to realize this ad would not have a great shelf life....

This IS america.

[aggiesal]

9. What self respecting person would work for this guy? n/t

[kimbutgar]

10. I'm more worried about being shot going to my local grocery store than migrants coming across

Our border. These gun nuts affect my everyday life more than people escaping bad countries seeking a better life for themselves and their families.

All this feigned outrage over things that don’t affect your everyday life is evil and despicable.

[aggiesal]

11. I agree, gun culture is not a part of the immigrants culture. n/t

[wnylib]

14. Absolutely true. The Central Americans are fleeing

gangs with guns in their own countries.

[aggiesal]

15. Not everyone in those countries are allowed to own guns ...

It's the drug cartels that have a gun culture, not the people fleeing.

I live 7 miles north of the border to Mexico.
When you drive close to the border, there are signs on the interstate
that say "No Weapons or Ammo allowed in Mexico", warning the drivers
heading over the border, to get rid of your guns and ammo.

If you go to this link (Hopefully it works), you'll see the sign on I-5 south, less than 2 miles from the border.
It states "Warning Weapons/Ammo Illegal in Mexico"
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5544968,-117.0531412,3a,15y,141.65h,89.31t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sth3pyDJXUCKx_foAKQkkYA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i28

[Biophilic]

13. How come these idiots never notice that the threats never happen?

I know they just love the excitement. What true pieces of shit they are. I'm so over idiot trumpers.