Monday, the reelection campaign of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released its first television advertisement of the 2022 GOP primary election cycle.
Titled “Good Golfer, Bad Politician,” the 30-second spot places Marshall at the links touting his golf game. The ad features the attorney general admitting to being a “bad politician” due to his lack of concern with being admired among the political establishment.
“I’m Steve Marshall. I’m a good golfer but a bad politician,” the attorney general says in the ad. “That’s why I’m not afraid of the woke mob, cancel culture or liberal radicals trying to cancel our constitution.”
A voice-over adds, “Steve Marshall: Back the blue, secure our elections, protect our borders.”
The ad concludes with Marshall saying, “The left, the media and the establishment won’t like it, but I’m more concerned with defending Alabama than I am being liked. I’m a better golfer than politician.”
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In a statement accompanying the ad release, Marshall campaign spokesman Jon Jones contrasted the attorney general’s motivations with those of “career politicians.”
“Unlike career politicians who look to the latest polls before making decisions based on what is best for them to get reelected, Steve Marshall stands up for what is right for Alabamians,” stated Jones. “He stands against the woke mob, is unafraid of cancel culture, and fights the radical liberal agenda.”
Jones spoke to what he deemed to be Marshall’s accomplishments during his first term of service as Alabama’s chief law enforcement officer.
The spokesman added, “As Alabama’s Attorney General, Steve has repeatedly fought the Biden Administration to protect state sovereignty and individual freedom, opposed social media corporations who want to censor conservatives, and championed law and order in the face of the anti-incarceration mob.”
Jones concluded, “AG Marshall did his part to protect our borders as recently as last week, opposing the Biden Administrations’ open border agenda in a federal lawsuit. When the security of our elections was at stake, Steve Marshall successfully defended Alabama’s voter ID law and halted curbside voting at the Supreme Court. So many politicians govern for the short term, thinking only about their future ambitions instead of the future of Alabama. That’s why Steve Marshall may be a good golfer, but he’s a bad politician.”
The primary election is slated to occur on May 24, 2022.
Dylan Smith is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL
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