During an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show,” U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) took a shot at Gov. Kay Ivey’s latest campaign ad outlining her opposition to illegal immigration, calling it “plain racist ignorance.”
The 30-second TV spot, titled “No Way Jose,” features Ivey saying, “If Joe Biden keeps shipping illegal immigrants into our states, we’re all going to have to learn Spanish. My message to Biden: No way, Jose.”
The governor later proclaims in the ad, “The left can try to cancel me — I don’t care.”
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Waters, during her interview on the left-leaning network, lamented Ivey having “access to the resources” to run her reelection campaign’s TV ad and expressed her desire to have the incumbent Alabama governor unseated.
“Well, let me just say this: This is plain racist ignorance in your face,” alleged Waters. “And so, when you talk about responding, it’s more like ignoring and keeping up the fight against racism and discrimination and making sure that we do everything we can to get those who are elected out of office and elect progressive people.”
The congresswoman continued, “We don’t have time to deal with that kind of stupidity and that kind of ignorance. And so, it is absolutely shameful that in this day and age that we have people who think like that, who speak like that, and who have access to the resources to to purchase the kind of ads to just literally just spill that kind of mess across our screens.”
"It is absolutely shameful that in this day and age, that we have people who think like that…who have access to the resources to purchase the kind of ads to just literally spill that kind of mess across our screens." @RepMaxineWaters on Alabama Gov.'s campaign ad #SundayShow pic.twitter.com/VSrbQMRJ3z
— The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (@TheSundayShow) April 17, 2022
In response to Waters, Ivey issued a statement on Monday slamming President Joe Biden’s border policies and advised that she would not be “lectured” by the “liberal” California lawmaker.
“There’s nothing racist with telling the truth about the disaster Joe Biden is causing with illegals invading our country,” declared Ivey. “I’m not going to be lectured by a liberal Congresswoman from California. We’ll handle our business in Alabama.”
Ivey’s campaign added that it “might just have to report Maxine Waters’ comments as an in-kind contribution.”
Dylan Smith is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL
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