Tillis’ New Television Ad Highlights His Record Of Working With President Trump To Secure The Border
Spot Sets The Record Straight On Garland Tucker’s Lies About Tillis And The President
Draws Clear Contrast Between Tillis And The Democrats Who Support Open Borders And Sanctuary Cities
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Tillis for Senate campaign today released a new television ad that highlights Senator Tillis’ efforts to advance President Trump’s border security plan and sets the record straight on the lies pro-amnesty Garland Tucker has been telling to North Carolinians about the Trump-Tillis legislation to combat illegal immigration.
“Pro-amnesty Garland Tucker has spent over $1 million of his own money lying to North Carolinians about the Trump-Tillis border security plan in order to cover up for his anti-Trump, pro-swamp record.” said Tillis campaign manager Luke Blanchat. “Not only does this ad set the record straight for the people of North Carolina regarding Tucker’s false attacks on Senator Tillis and the President, but it also reinforces the clear contrast between Senator Tillis’ immigration record and the open borders, pro-sanctuary cities policies that his Democratic opponents will be attached to in the general election.”
None of Tillis’ Democratic opponents in the North Carolina Senate race have denounced the Democratic candidates running for president for their plans to decriminalize illegal immigration and to provide taxpayer funded health care for illegal immigrants. They have also refused to support Senator Tillis’ legislation to allow victims to hold sanctuary cities accountable.
Watch “Like a Dog” HERE.
TRANSCRIPT
NARRATOR: Politician Garland Tucker. He lies like a dog, using deceptive editing to make it look like Tillis is against Trump. The truth is, Tillis was supporting Trump’s proposal on immigration. Watch the part that Garland Tucker leaves out.
SENATOR THOM TILLIS (CLIP): It’s something that this president has said he will advocate for.
NARRATOR: And…
SENATOR THOM TILLIS (CLIP): We’re also going to implement border security.
NARRATOR: Tillis supports Trump. That’s why Trump says…
PRESIDENT TRUMP (CLIP): Senator Thom Tillis. Make sure he gets reelected.
BACKGROUND
- President Trump said that Senator Tillis is “strong on the border” when he endorsed him in June.
- The President also praised Tillis’ commitment to cracking down on illegal immigration in rallies in Greenville and Fayetteville.
- Independent fact checkers have noted that Garland Tucker has been falsely accusing Senator Tillis of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants.
- It was Tucker himself who supported amnesty shortly after announcing his campaign.
- The clip Tucker has been using in his ads to attack Senator Tillis’ immigration record comes from a press conference where Tillis was introducing President Trump’s border security legislation, which includes $25 billion for the border wall.
- These ads criticizing Tillis are nothing more than attacks on President Trump.
- It should come as no surprise that Tucker is attacking President Trump in TV ads given the op-ed he wrote in 2016 calling candidate Trump “downright heretical,” “unkind,” and “disgusting.”
- Tucker stood by the op-ed earlier this year and again criticized President Trump personally.
- He has also hired someone who has called President Trump a “whacko” to run his campaign.
- Tucker stood by the op-ed earlier this year and again criticized President Trump personally.
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