Thread by @JohnJHarwood

strategy for GOP relying on white votes in diversifying America:

attack ad links Aftab Pureval, OH-born Democrat of Indian-Tibetan descent, to Libyan terrorism he had zero to do with

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2) in NY, attack ad depict African-American Democrat Antonio Delgado as hoodie-wearing “big city rapper”

Delgado is a Rhodes Scholar who graduated from Harvard Law

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3) attack ad calls Ammar Campa-Najjar, a San Diego-born Democrat of Palestinian-Mexican descent, a “security risk” seeking to “infiltrate” Congress

Campa-Najjar held a security clearance while working in Obama WH

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4) attack ad links Democrat Abigail Spanberger to terrorism because in her 20s she briefly taught English at Muslim high school near Washington

Spanberger went on to career as covert CIA counter-terror agent

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5) attack ad links MN Democrat Dan Feehan to black NFL player Colin Kaepernick over anthem protests, invoking fallen soldiers and concluding “real patriots stand”

Feehan fought in combat for the US Army

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