Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Edwards’ opponent in the Democratic primary who is targeted in the ad, denounced it as “a new low in Maryland politics.”
Jennifer Friedman, a spokeswoman for President Barack Obama, said the Working for Us PAC was asked to pull the ad by David Simas, the White House political director.
“He made clear that the use of the president’s image and statement in this context were misleading,” Friedman said.
The ad shows Obama tearing up while talking about Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The television ad says Van Hollen supported a campaign finance disclosure bill that didn’t include the National Rifle Association. The ad also says the congressman met with NRA lobbyists to put a loophole in the bill to exempt them, while Edwards stood up to the gun lobby.
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