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Tanuki

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11. She has walked it back and thrown her media team under the bus.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 08:16 AM

Sep 2019

https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/campaign-misfire-as-sen-chase-changes-facebook-ad-on-gun/article_ff839656-4dad-5f38-953a-568ddfc95f0b.html

"Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, revised a Facebook campaign ad on Friday that groups working for gun control said targeted them with potential violence but her campaign called a “communications oversight.”

The ad shows Chase with a pistol at a firing range beneath a message from the senator that originally said, “I’m not afraid to shoot down gun groups.”

Campaign manager Philip Search said the third-party media team that produced the ad used an incorrect statement. In the new statement, Chase says, “I’m not afraid to shoot down attacks from any anti-gun groups, because gun rights are women’s rights.” (more)

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VA state senator #AmandaChase just threatened to shoot and kill children that support gun control.. [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2019 OP

sorry, nope. that's a bullshit interpretation of her words Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2019 #1

How Are You Interpreting Her Words? ProfessorGAC Sep 2019 #3

"shoot down gun groups" is a far cry from "shoot and kill children" Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2019 #5

+1000. This dishonesty is shameful, and I don't except Hogg. Hortensis Sep 2019 #8

Policing Speech Roy Rolling Sep 2019 #12

"Assigning alternate meanings to ambiguous quotes is propaganda." Hortensis Sep 2019 #15

Lots of figures of speech out there to describe what you're referring to. paleotn Sep 2019 #17

when you say SHOOT DOWN in the context of PIMPING FOR GUNS Skittles Sep 2019 #21

That is how I read it... Takket Sep 2019 #10

It also means to kill. Context. Context. Context. paleotn Sep 2019 #18

when they're pimping for guns Skittles Sep 2019 #22

She also "openly carries a firearm on her hip," according to a previous story about her, Tanuki Sep 2019 #2

Went to the Sarah Palin school of politics 47of74 Sep 2019 #7

Why does she hate the Constitution? aeromanKC Sep 2019 #4

DO something about it. RandySF Sep 2019 #6

Hogg is a treasure, extremely brave. He has good reason to IndyOp Sep 2019 #9

She has walked it back and thrown her media team under the bus. Tanuki Sep 2019 #11

No, she didn't threaten to "shoot children". However... Progressive Jones Sep 2019 #13

She seems to be able to play the fiddle too MyNameGoesHere Sep 2019 #14

The NRA is a gun group IronLionZion Sep 2019 #16

She knew exactly what she said and meant. kacekwl Sep 2019 #19

She's a virtual lock to be re-elected. underpants Sep 2019 #20