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A Missouri Republican Senate candidate is under fire for releasing an ad that encouraged “bagging and tagging” moderate Republicans with a “RINO hunting permit.”
“Terrorists, child abusers, and criminals like Eric Greitens shouldn’t even be able to get a weapon,” Lucas Kunce, a Democrat also running for Senate in Missouri, said on Twitter of an ad run by Republican Senate candidate Eric Greitens Monday.
“I’m the Marine veteran running against this guy. Send me to the U.S. Senate, and I’ll keep our families safe from criminals like him.”
The ad, which depicted Greitens with a gun while advertising “RINO hunting permits,” was quickly slammed by critics, with many pointing out that it comes at a time of increased violent crime, multiple mass shootings, and the threats to the lives of conservative Supreme Court Justices.
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Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.
(Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP, File)
Criticism of the ad was not limited to Greitens’ political opponents, with veterans and conservatives joining the chorus of those taking aim at the Navy SEAL veteran.
“I’m a huge fan of hyperbolic rhetoric using martial references,” said former America Matters director and Army Special Forces veteran Jim Hanson on Twitter. ” Much less so Of using actual violent military imagery To try to make a pedestrian political point. Lame.”
“This guy. So cringe,” said conservative commentator and retired Army Colonel Kurt Schlichter on Twitter, who also encouraged Missourians to vote for Greitens primary opponent, Eric Schmitt.
Others accused Greitens of calling for the murder of Republicans.
“He’s calling on conservatives to murder, this does not qualify as free speech,” said Occupy Democrats writer David Weissman on Twitter.
In the post on Twitter, Greitens accused moderate Republicans of working with…
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