Democratic Senate candidate wears noose around his neck in ad opposing Senator Rand Paul

By Bryan Metzger, Business Insider

Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker released an ad on Wednesday in which he wears a noose around his neck while criticizing his opponent — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — for a series of controversial statements and positions related to race and civil rights…

“The pain of our past persists to this day,” Booker intones over an image of a noose hanging outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. “In Kentucky, like many states throughout the South, lynching was a tool of terror. It was used to kill hopes for freedom.”

The Kentucky Democrat then appears with a noose around his neck. “It was used to kill my ancestors,” he says.

Booker goes on to note Paul’s comments comparing a right to healthcare to slavery, his comments criticizing the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the fact that he blocked an anti-lynching law from being passed in 2020.

“The choice couldn’t be clearer,” says Booker as he grips the noose. “Do we move forward together, or do we let politicians like Rand Paul forever hold us back and drive us apart?”

Click to watch the powerful video.

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