The Republican Senate campaign arm released a new ad on Thursday slamming Democratic Arizona senatorial candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D‑AZ) for abandoning his family while his wife was pregnant.
The 30-second “Deadbeat” ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee is the latest sign of a bruising race to fill the vacating Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I‑AZ) seat.
“One of life’s greatest joys, becoming a parent. But days before that life-changing moment, Ruben Gallego walked out on his family, abandoning his newborn son, leaving his wife, and then marrying a D.C. lobbyist,” the female narrator says in the ad.
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“If deadbeat dad Ruben Gallego would abandon his own family, he won’t be there for Arizonans when it matters most,” the narrator …