The White House is calling on congressional Democrats to condemn a campaign ad from a House candidate in Virginia that compared President Donald Trump to Osama bin Laden.
“After 9/11, the greatest threat to our democracy lived in a cave. Today, he lives in the White House,” Dan Helmer says in a new campaign ad as part of his bid for Virginia’s 10th District.
White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said on Thursday the message of the ad was “nothing short of reprehensible.”
“Leaders from across the political spectrum – starting with Leader Pelosi – must swiftly condemn this abhorrent message,” Shah said in a statement to reporters, referring to Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the top Democrat in the House.
Helmer is running in Virginia’s crowded 10th District primary to take on Rep. Barbara Comstock, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress.
Neither Helmer nor Pelosi’s office immediately responded to a request for comment on Thursday.
The dispute over Helmer’s ad comes as two public figures were forced to apologize over controversial remarks this week. Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former top adviser to President Barack Obama, led to her TV show’s cancellation. On Thursday, the comedian Samantha Bee apologized for using a vulgarity to describe Ivanka Trump.
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