Democrats and Republicans pounding each other on the airwaves in the run-up to the Nov. 2 midterm elections have found one common enemy: foreigners.
In political commercials around the USA, candidates are sounding a nativist tone, castigating their opponents as supporters of foreign corporations, illegal immigrants and workers abroad.
A spot by MoveOn.org aims to tar Republican candidates for having the backing of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — part of a broader Democratic broadside against the organization for the funding it gets from outside the U.S.
"Where has the chamber been getting some of their money lately? From foreign corporations in countries like China, Russia and India," warns the narrator as ominous music plays over a map of the Eastern nations. "Exactly who is Mark Kirk working for? Because it sure isn't Illinois."
In Louisiana,
an ad for Sen. David Vitter a Republican, features what appear to be Mexican immigrants sneaking through a hole in a chain-link fence — only to be greeted by a group of people with balloons and a banner reading "Charlie Melancon welcomes you to the USA," a reference to his Democratic opponent.
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