Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor has a real doozy of a new ad in the hotly contested Arkansas Senate race, attacking his Republican opponent Rep. Tom Cotton — and it starts with scary news clips about the deadly Ebola outbreak in western Africa.
"Tom Cotton voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola," the announcer says after the clips, adding that Cotton was the only Arkansas congressman to vote to cut billions from medical disaster emergency programs.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
The ad's reference to medical disaster funds is from a vote in January 2013, when Cotton was indeed one of only 29 House members to vote against a reauthorization package for a number of public health and medical emergency programs. The later votes cited in the ad, however, are from a number of separate tax and budget measures from March and April of that year.
Still, it sure is fun to imagine Congress at some point holding a single vote to either prepare the nation for Ebola — or to instead cut taxes for billionaires. Now that would make for a really great political ad. --Eric Kleefeld
-
Political cartoons for November 30Cartoons Sunday's political cartoons include the Saudi-China relationship, MAGA spelled wrong, and more
-
Rothermere’s Telegraph takeover: ‘a right-leaning media powerhouse’Talking Point Deal gives Daily Mail and General Trust more than 50% of circulation in the UK newspaper market
-
The US-Saudi relationship: too big to fail?Talking Point With the Saudis investing $1 trillion into the US, and Trump granting them ‘major non-Nato ally’ status, for now the two countries need each other
-
British warship repels 'largest Houthi attack to date' in the Red SeaSpeed read Western allies warn of military response to Iranian-backed Yemeni rebels if attacks on ships continue
-
Houthi rebels claim Red Sea ship attacksspeed read Iran-backed Yemeni group vows to escalate aggression towards Israel-linked vessels in revenge for Gaza war
-
Israel plans next phase of Gaza war as first hostages releasedSpeed read After four-day ceasefire 'we will not stop' until destruction of Hamas, says Israel
-
Mob storms Russian airport 'looking for Jews'Speed Read Plane from Israel surrounded by rioters chanting antisemitic slogans after landing in Russia's Dagestan region
-
Tuberville's military promotions block is upending lives, combat readiness, 3 military branch chiefs saySpeed Read
-
Ukraine's counteroffensive is making incremental gains. Does it matter in the broader war?Speed Read
-
US commissions first-ever Navy ship in a foreign portSpeed Read
-
British spy chief, Wagner video suggest Prigozhin is alive and freely 'floating around'Speed Read
