The ad seeks to tie Gallego to President Joe Biden, who released a new executive order related to border security that has already garnered criticism.
, targeting her Democratic challenger over his voting record on the southern border and seeking to tie him to President Joe Biden. Lake cast Gallego as a “radical” who “supports amnesty for millions of illegals,” underscoring the importance border security will have in the 2024 election cycle.
The commercial comes just after Biden released an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the southern border once the seven-day average of immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents between the ports of entry is above 2,500 arrests per day. The ban would be walked back once the average dropped to below 1,500 apprehensions daily for at least two weeks.
Gallego’s campaign pushed back against the ad, pointing to the Arizona Democrat’s voting record to crack down on fentanyl trafficking coming across the border as well as securing funds to go toward border cities in the state. Gallego also pointed to his support for the border deal that was proposed in the Senate last year but tanked after former President Donald Trump came out against it.
The latest ad comes as the race between Lake and Gallego has shaped up to be one of the most competitive Senate elections in the 2024 cycle and could determine which party wins control of the upper chamber next year.
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