Strange slams Moore as ’40-year politician’ in first ad

Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) used his first television ad ahead of the Republican primary runoff in Alabama’s special Senate election to slam his opponent, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, as a “40-year politician.”

The television ad levied multiple attacks against Moore, including one about the pay he received in his work at the Foundation for Moral Law, which he founded.

“Forty-year politician Roy Moore, in the Montgomery swamp. Roy Moore, it’s all about him. That’s risky for us,” the narrator says in the ad.

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The Strange campaign in both the ad and in a press release argued Moore has “used his public position to benefit himself financially.”

“It is important for voters in Alabama to see Roy Moore’s 40-year political career in the Montgomery Swamp for what it is,” said a statement from Strange’s team.

“Voters have a clear choice in this election, Roy Moore whose 40-year political history has focused on looking out of his own benefit, or Luther Strange who fought corruption in Montgomery and will drain the swamp in Washington D.C.” 

President Trump had endorsed Strange before the initial Republican primary last month but has since eased his public backing of the senator.

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his allies, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), have signaled their support for Strange, a move which angered the other candidates in last month’s primary. 

A recent poll from Harper Polling had Moore with a two-percent lead over Strange, though the survey had a plus or minus four-percent point margin of error.

The winner of the Sept. 26 runoff will head to the December general election.