Dressed in a suit and armed with an AR-15 rifle, the politician rushes towards a group of “democrats” dressed in Ku Klux Klan clothes: no, this is not a bad action movie, but a commercial for Jerone Davison, Republican candidate for the United States Congress.
The former National Football League quarterback, now a pastor, is eyeing the job of representing Arizona’s Fourth District. And he was greatly noticed on social networks with this promotional video, to say the least, singular.
It has more than four million views and 12,000 shares on Twitter. It is headed by the phrase ” Make Rifles Great Again (“Make the Guns Glory”) — an adaptation of former President Donald Trump’s slogan, ” Make America Great Again “.
Make Rifles Great Again??
?https://t.co/J7lHnodhku#JeroneForCongress#2A #Self defense pic.twitter.com/Gs6iAHVVAP
— Jerone Davison for Congress #AZCD4 (@Jerone4Congress) July 6, 2022
The video, visibly inspired by high testosterone action movies, first shows the candidate quietly drinking his coffee – from a cup bearing the image of the American flag – at his living room table. A group of men dressed in traditional Ku Klux Klan garb and armed with bladed weapons then rush to his home. That’s when Davison emerges from his house with an AR-15 rifle slung over his shoulder. This assault weapon was notably used by shooters in the Highland Park shootings last Monday and at Ulvade Elementary School last May.
“Democrats like to say no one needs an AR-15 for self-defense,” Davison said in a voiceover. That no one needs the 30 cartridges. But when that rifle is the only thing standing between your family and several angry Democrats in Ku Klux Klan gear, maybe you need this semi-automatic weapon. And 30 cartridges. »
In the video, the KKK men flee, although one of the last scenes shows a balaclava floating in the pool, suggesting that at least one of them had a bad time.
Davison gave more details about his artistic approach in a tweet follow-up: “I was born in 1970 in Mississippi. When the KKK came to town, I always felt safe because my father had an AR-15 to protect us, he wrote. This video is a cinematic representation of a situation I faced growing up. »
I was born in 1970 in Mississippi.
When the KKK came to town, I always felt safe, because my father had rifles to protect us.
This video is a cinematic depiction of a situation I faced growing up.
Racist white liberals? love to tell me that my LIVED EXPERIENCE didn’t happen! https://t.co/eHWzOcNCrC
— Jerone Davison for Congress #AZCD4 (@Jerone4Congress) July 6, 2022
Although having excited several voters on social networks, his video was not unanimous in the ultra-conservative ranks. Calling his approach a “slander against the white race”, columnist and white supremacist Nick Fuentes expressed concern that the candidate would attack fictitious white people and was fearful for the future: “This guy will- will he kill me? […] Will he kill Donald Trump? »
White nationalist Nick Fuentes says this Jerone Davison campaign ad is “a blood libel against the white race”: “Is this guy gonna kill me? Does he consider me a white racist? Is he gonna kill Jared Taylor? Is he gonna kill Sam Francis “Is he gonna kill Donald Trump?” https://t.co/IFlJ9hCCDH pic.twitter.com/eCPxwwjU4y
—Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 7, 2022
Videos with violent undertones seem to be popular among Republicans these days.
In June, Missouri senator candidate Eric Greitens released a promotional video in which, gun in hand, he urged voters to order a “RINO hunting permit.” Meaning ” Republicans in name only “, this acronym refers to Republicans who have publicly disavowed or criticized Donald Trump. The video, however, was removed from Twitter as it violated the platform’s rules.
We are sick and tired of the Republicans in Name Only surrendering to Joe Biden & the radical Left.
Order your RINO Hunting Permit today! pic.twitter.com/XLMdJnAzSK
— Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) June 20, 2022