Take two on Kim Reynolds' racist campaign commercial

[progressoid]

Governor Kim Reynolds' re-election campaign continues to air a television commercial that plays on racist tropes in order to boost the governor among the largely white Iowa electorate.

Reynolds' campaign spokesperson Pat Garrett has not replied to Bleeding Heartland's inquiries about the commercial. But after Iowa Democratic Party chair Ross Wilburn denounced the ad as "a cheap, racist and dangerous stunt using harmful stereotypes to score political points,” Garrett told some other reporters that the spot "contrasts the failed policies supported by liberal Democrats across the country with the common sense leadership of Gov. Reynolds."

Visual evidence shows the ad-makers were determined to create negative associations with Black women. The tactic would undermine the governor's Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear.


...https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2022/10/02/take-two-on-kim-reynolds-racist-campaign-commercial/

[tulipsandroses]

1. Disgusting. But per the norm for the GOP

They know there is an audience for this. Those racist fucks would burn this country to the ground before they see themselves as equal to minorities.