GOP Senator Uses Footage of Paris Terrorism to Attack Opponent and Obama in Ad

In a new ad, Republican Senator David Vitter uses the Paris terrorist attacks last Friday to attack his Democratic opponent and President Barack Obama in the Louisiana gubernatorial race.

Vitter tweeted out the attack ad Monday afternoon. “Obama is sending Syrian refugees to Louisiana & John Bel Edwards pledged to work with him to bring them here!” he wrote.

Obama is sending Syrian refugees to Louisiana & John Bel Edwards pledged to work with him to bring them here! https://t.co/ljfNiWiZ8q

— David Vitter (@DavidVitter) November 16, 2015

The ad opens with the footage of the France-Germany game being interrupted by the suicide bomber’s explosion, followed by images of ambulances racing through Paris and the wounded being carted off. “One of the Paris ISIS terrorists entered France posing as a Syrian refugee. Now, Obama’s sending Syrian refugees to Louisiana,” the narrator says.

“David Vitter warned Obama the dangers of Syrian refugees weeks ago, and promised as governor, no refugees would enter Louisiana. John Bel Edwards has pledged to work with Obama to bring Syrian refugees to Louisiana,” the ad continues.

Watch above, via Twitter.

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