Senate candidate rips McConnell’s ‘slime machine’ in new ad

Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice leading the GOP field in the state’s Senate race, is ripping Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “D.C. slime machine” in a new ad.

The 30-second ad spot echoes President Trump’s calls to “drain the swamp” in Washington and attacks the Senate majority leader for “spending millions to attack” Moore, an apparent reference to a Politico report that the Kentucky Republican’s super PAC is gearing up to spend as much as $8 million to back Sen. Luther Strange’s (R-Ala.) campaign.

“They lied about repealing ObamaCare. Now, Mitch McConnell’s D.C. slime machine is spending millions spreading lies about Roy Moore, bearing false witness,” the ad’s narrator says.

{mosads}”Why? We know why. We all know why,” the ad continues. “Roy Moore is honest and Roy Moore is his own man. And Roy Moore fears God, stands for the Constitution, fights for what is right and believes what we believe.

“Drain the swamp. Send McConnell a message. Send them all a message,” it says, showing the faces of prominent Democratic and Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

A poll released Monday put Moore at the front of the crowded GOP primary field in Alabama’s Senate race, with 30 percent support. Strange is trailing in second place with 22 percent, followed by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) at 19 percent.

The candidates are set to face off in the primary election on Aug. 15. The general election will be held in December.

The candidates are fighting to fill the seat previously occupied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who left the Senate in February to take the helm at the Justice Department.