Rand Paul hits Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio in new ad on Syrian refugees
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By Tal Kopan
Washington (CNN)Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is out with a new presidential
campaign ad that takes aim at the national security credentials of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, his Senate
colleagues who are faring better than him on the presidential campaign trail.
Called "Learn from Mistakes," the minute-and-a-half
long ad cites two Iraqi refugees who settled in Kentucky
The ad will begin airing Monday in early states Iowa and New
Hampshire
The narrator then says "some refused to learn from
mistakes" as clips play of the Texas and Florida Syria in the wake of the Paris
The ad goes on to paint Paul as tougher on national security.
"Rand Paul sounded the alarm," the voice over says, as
a clip plays of Paul on Fox News saying he opposed the Gang of Eight
immigration bill Rubio helped author.
"Rand Paul wrote the amendment to suspend visas to nations
with high risks of terrorism, but Marco Rubio voted no," the narrator
says.
Paul has called for not just scrutinizing refugees, but
disallowing easy access to any visitors to the U.S.
The Kentucky Republican has struggled to gain traction in the
polls and has hovered in the low single digits for months. Cruz and Paul,
meanwhile, have been cementing spots among the top four candidates in recent
weeks.
Foreign policy has been an area setting Paul apart from the
field since the beginning of his campaign. A libertarian-leaning Repubilcan,
Paul favors a more isolationist policy than his colleagues, and in the last
presidential debate got into a heated argument with Rubio over military
spending. Paul advocated for cutting military spending with overall government
spending, hitting Rubio for wanting to increase defense dollars.
Structure
of the lead:
Who-
Rand Paul, Cruz, and Marco Rubio
When-
Monday
What-
There will be a meeting about whether they should accept the refugees
Why-
not given
Where-
not given
How-
complex and arguments
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