The spot features Eric Schmitt firing up the implement as he states: “I think Joe Biden is a total disaster. That’s why I’m taking my blowtorch to his socialist agenda."
“As your attorney general, I put a stop to Biden’s open border policies,” Schmitt continues. “I sued to get rid of [Dr. Anthony] Fauci’s COVID mandates. And I stood with President [Donald] Trump to stop election fraud."
“In the Senate, I’ll turn the heat up on the Biden Democrats,” the ad sums. “I approve this message because now’s the time to take our country back.”
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Schmitt is one of the front-runners in the Aug. 2 Republican primary, along with Rep. Vicky Hartzler and former Gov. Eric Greitens.
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While Schmitt defines himself as an “America First” candidate and displays a photo of himself with Trump in the ad, the former president has yet to make an endorsement in the race.
Schmitt’s blowtorch doesn’t come near the firepower Greitens carried in a campaign ad issued last month that formed a major controversy.
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In the commercial, the former Navy SEAL held a double-barreled shotgun as several men in tactical gear stood in the background.
“Today, we’re going RINO hunting,” Greitens announced, using the acronym for the derisive term “Republican in name only.”
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“Join the MAGA crew, get a RINO hunting permit. There’s no bagging limit, no tagging limit and it doesn’t expire until we save our country,” Greitens went on.
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Hours after Greitens posted his ad, Twitter flagged it for breaking its rules. Members of both parties denounced the content and accused Greitens — who quit in disgrace in 2018 after being hit with allegations of sexual blackmail and campaign finance violations — of fomenting political violence.
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The controversy was the latest to surround Greitens, who has been attempting to move past graphic accusations of domestic abuse and violence made by his ex-wife in an affidavit filed in March in their child custody case.
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Nevertheless, the Greitens video may have appealed to some Republican primary voters, and the Schmitt ad appears to be playing to that same audience, without the controversy. Missouri was once a competitive state, though it has trended Republican in recent decades. Former President Bill Clinton in 1996 was the last Democrat to win the state in the race for the White House, and then-Sen. Claire McCaskill’s 2012 victory was the last time a Democrat won a Senate election in the state. Former President Donald Trump won the state by 18 points in 2016 and 16 points last November.
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