Phil Bredesen pulls sound bites from Republicans in latest ad in Tennessee US Senate race
First up is conservative political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes. Next comes retiring Republican Sen. Bob Corker and then U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Chattanooga.
None, of course, are Democrats. But glowing words from each is featured in Democrat Phil Bredesen's latest ad in the Tennessee U.S. Senate race, and his first following last week's primaries.
In a new online ad released Monday, the Bredesen campaign has taken snippets of praise directed the former Tennessee governor's way during television appearances from a slate of notable Tennessee Republicans who back his opponent, Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
They're seen talking up his record as governor and possible crossover appeal.
"Folks do not realize this, but a lot of Trump supporters are also Phil Bredesen supporters," begins Hughes, shown speaking as a panelist on Nashville's Fox17. "We had two Republican governors who fought for an income tax, fought for a gas tax. You never saw a tax being fought for by Phil Bredesen."
Read more: https://www.dnj.com/story/news/2018/08/06/tn-senate-race-phil-bredesen-pulls-sound-bites-republicans-latest-ad-marsha-blackburn/897867002/
Video: https://www.tennessean.com/videos/news/politics/tn-elections/2018/08/06/latest-phil-bredesen-ad-uses-words-republicans/910751002/
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