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Faith leaders denounce Wardlow mailers attacking Keith Ellison

Faith leaders denounce Wardlow mailers attacking Keith Ellison

Republican candidate for Attorney General Doug Wardlow. Credit: Glen Stubbe, StarTribune

A group of faith leaders on Thursday condemned mailers sent out by Republican attorney general candidate Doug Wardlow as Islamophobic and intended to spread fear.

Wardlow’s fundraising mailers lambaste his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, calling him “one of the most dangerous men in America” and saying he “pals around with radical Islamic groups and defends known terrorists.”

Wardlow’s mailers “are a significant departure from what America is all about. He has chosen to attack his opponent’s religion and he has chosen to attack religious institutions,” said Imam Asad Zaman, who spoke at a news conference along with two Lutheran pastors and a rabbi.

View the complete October 18 article by Jessie Van Berkel on the StarTribune website here.

Be afraid, be very afraid: GOP turns to fear, racism in closing midterm message

Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo

With 22 days to go until voters head to the polls for the midterm elections, Republicans have settled on a final pitch: Be afraid, be very afraid.

In ad after ad, GOP outside groups along with the Republicans running for House, Senate and governor all across the country have included a message of fear to scare their base into voting Republican up and down the ticket, warning of the liberal “mob” that will take over the country should the GOP lose control of Congress.

The ads looks a lot like the race-baiting closing message Republicans employed in the Virginia gubernatorial election in 2017, saying a Democratic governor would allow criminals to roam free and allow MS-13 gang violence to flourish.

View the complete October 16 article by Emily C. Singer on the mic.com website here.