Gary Chambers, a challenger to Republican U-S Senator John Kennedy’s re-election effort says the Senator’s latest campaign ad has a racist message. In the 30-second ad, Kennedy discusses his support for tough-on-crime legislation and his opposition to defending the police.
“Look if you hate cops just because of cops then the next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead,” said Kennedy.
Chambers says it’s a racist message because it’s directed at a certain subset of the population. He says crack cocaine users are not the only ones responsible for the state’s high crime rate.
“And he didn’t say nothing about opioid addicts, meth addicts, none of that other stuff because he was trying to talk about a specific subset of people that he don’t give a damn about serving in Louisiana,” said Chambers.
In the ad Kennedy says, “If you hate cops just because they’re cops, the next time you get in trouble call a crackhead.” Chambers says it’s another classic one liner from Kennedy that doesn’t help Louisiana.
“We need leaders that have real solutions to the problems in out communities not cowards like John Kennedy who drop one liners and do nothing on the job,” said Chambers.
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