Brenda Barnes, the sister of a police officer murdered in the line of duty, fired back at a Washington, D.C. special interest group on Monday for exploiting her brother’s death.
Club for Growth, a Washington, D.C.-based super PAC group supporting U.S. Rep. Barry Moore's (R-Enterprise) U.S. Senate campaign, is running radio, television and digital ads in targeted Alabama media markets that falsely claim Attorney General Steve Marshall, one of Moore’s primary opponents in the race for U.S. Senate, is weak on crime, according to Barnes.
The group recently began running ads claiming Marshall spent most of his life as a “soft-on-crime Democrat.”
Barnes, whose family credits Marshall with delivering justice after her brother's murder, said in a statement on Monday the ads are a brazen lie and is demanding Moore call for their immediate removal.
"What the group supporting Barry Moore is doing in this ad isn't just wrong, it's a lie. They've twisted my family's tragedy to try to help Barry Moore, falsely claiming Steve Marshall doesn't stand up for victims or hold criminals accountable. My family knows firsthand that's completely false,” Barnes said. “When my brother, a police officer, was murdered, Steve made sure the killers were held accountable, securing life sentences, including one without parole. When one came up for parole, Steve was there. He stood with us and fought to keep a cop killer behind bars. Because of Steve, they are still in prison where they belong. That's not politics, that's leadership.”
She continued, “Barry Moore's allies are exploiting our loss, distorting the truth and using our pain to attack a man who delivered justice for our family. It's dishonest, disgusting and highlights everything that's wrong with Washington.”
“If Congressman Moore has any integrity, he'll demand this ad be taken down immediately,” Barnes added.
The Republican primary is on May 19.
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