Well, oops.
Convicted killer Nikko Jenkins offered his take on the race in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District at a hearing to determine his mental status Wednesday.
Jenkins, 28, shouted "Hey you guys, vote for Lee Terry! Best Republican ever!"
The National Republican Campaign Committee had cut an ad juxtaposing Jenkins with Terrry's Democratic opponent Brad Ashford in a
Willie Horton-style bid to argue that Ashford was soft on murderers, or something. Now that the actual murderer has weighed in with his own endorsement of Lee Terry, the Lee Terry campaign is running away from the whole mess.
"We're not going to comment on the ranting of a serial killer who never should have gotten out of prison in the first place. This man does not deserve one more second of publicity, which is why we refused to use his name or face in any of the ads our campaign produced."
If you think the NRCC has learned anything from this fiasco of their own making, don't worry. They haven't learned anything, ever.
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