State Democrats to show stomping incident in TV ad against Rand Paul

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Source: Lexington Herald Leader

SHELBYVILLE — The Kentucky Democratic Party is featuring video of a Rand Paul supporter stomping a liberal activist in a television ad that it plans to air Friday night in Lexington and Bowling Green.

Party spokesman Matt Erwin said the ad will appear only after 10 p.m., when children are less likely to see it.

"We think it's so frightening for children that we don't want parents to have to explain why a woman is getting beat up," Erwin said.

The party hopes to make other TV buys to air the ad, but it's scheduled to run only a limited number of times in Lexington, where the incident occurred, and in Bowling Green, hometown of Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul, Erwin said.

The ad shows footage of Paul's now former Bourbon County campaign coordinator, Tim Profitt, allegedly assaulting liberal activist Lauren Valle after two men tackled her when she tried to approach Paul before a debate Monday night at Kentucky Educational Television in Lexington. Profitt was an unpaid volunteer for Paul's campaign.

The 60-second ad also displays the words "The Rand Paul Stomp," which the party says describes the effect Paul's positions on issues ranging from taxes to Medicare would have on Kentucky voters. It ends by asking for contributions to the party.



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