BG Daily News - Grimes' Ad a Smokescreen for Gun Stance

Op-Ed

By Mitch McConnell

Kentucky Secretary of State and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes has done everything in her power in this race to distance herself from President Barack Obama.

She has tried to persuade voters across this state she's not his candidate, but make no mistake about it -- she is his candidate and would be a rubber stamp for him and his agenda if elected in November.

In a new TV ad, Grimes is shown shooting clay pigeons and in the course of the advertisement turns to the camera and says, "I'm not Barack Obama, I disagree with him on guns, coal and the EPA."

Mrs. Grimes would have you believe that because she makes an advertisement of herself shooting clay pigeons that she is pro-gun.

Another person who made an attempt at looking pro-gun was Obama. Who can forget the president awkwardly holding a shotgun shooting at Camp David to try to act like he is a gun-friendly president.

His actions as president reflect one of the most anti-gun presidents this country has seen in decades. What can one expect from a president who comes from a city with some of the strictest gun laws in the country, not to mention the highest gun homicide rate?

We bring Mr. Obama up because Grimes says she isn't Barack Obama. These are her words.

Grimes claims she is pro-gun, but her past actions and support of Mr. Obama's leftist agenda suggest otherwise. First, Grimes is on record saying she supports the national Democratic platform. Anyone familiar with the national Democratic platform should know that platform is anti-gun. Secondly, Grimes was a 2012 delegate for Obama's re-election campaign.

In 2012, arguably before Grimes knew Obama was and continues to be an anti-gun president, she still acted as a proud delegate at his convention supporting his nomination for another term as president.

Make no mistake about it -- Grimes is a foot soldier for Obama, through and through. She is a believer in his anti-gun cause. Now she won't let Kentuckians know that, but we will let you know. As voters, you deserve to know who her deep pocket anti-gun donors are from Hollywood, Chicago and New York.

George Soros is one name that comes to mind that is a constant visitor to the White House. He is an anti-gun radical who has given the maximum amount of money possible to Grimes' campaign.

Anti-gun activist and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has maxed out his contribution to the Grimes campaign.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed an anti-gun bill into law that is called the strictest in the country. In April, O'Malley headlined a fundraiser for Mrs. Grimes in Louisville.

In March, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a close friend of Obama, hosted a fundraiser for Grimes. Emanuel is on record as saying he is looking to set up "much stiffer" gun rules.

Emanuel is also on record as saying that he is looking to California's much stiffer gun laws as "inspiration."

These are just a few backing her campaign, but there are hundreds more just like them who are backing her anti-gun candidacy.

Don't be fooled by Alison's sporting clays TV ad.

She is Obama's candidate. What is so insulting to voters is that Grimes expects them to believe that she is a staunch pro-gun advocate in spite of taking piles of money from those with an anti-gun agenda.

Nice try, Mrs. Grimes, but we and the voters see through this publicity stunt. We see your true allegiance is to the national Democratic Party's anti-gun platform, not the Second Amendment rights all Kentuckians are afforded and that most appreciate.

For the record, Alison Grimes is an NRA member, but also for the record, we believe candidates are more clearly defined by the company they keep.

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