Sen. Kelly Loeffler stages historically dubious re-enactment to claim she's 'more conservative than Attila the Hun'


Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is willing to reimagine history to prove how conservative she is.
Loeffler is trying to fend off both Democrats and Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) to protect her relatively new seat, and rolled out a campaign ad Monday trying to prove she's the real conservative in the race. Playing off the idea that she's "more conservative than Attila the Hun," Loeffler's ad features a grunting Attila and a "liberal scribe" who translates for him: "Fight China" and "attack big government" are among his wishes.
The ad begs a lot questions about the accuracy of Loeffler's ad. For starters, Attila didn't have much to do with China; Genghis Khan is probably who Loeffler was going for. Attila was instead focused on attacking western societies — the sort of thing conservatives usually don't like.
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The New York Times' Paul Krugman meanwhile wasn't even sure if Attila could be considered conservative, at least for his time. Kathryn Krawczyk
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