NRA targets Sen Sherrod Brown in 7-figure ad buy in Ohio: 'Vote like your life depends on it'

FIRST ON FOX: The National Rifle Association Political Success Fund (NRA-PVF) political action committee is entering Ohio’s U.S. Senate race with a seven-figure advertising campaign targeting Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown, who has an F ranking from the NRA on Second Change advocacy.

The 30-second television advertisement, airing on cable television networks from Oct. 1 till the election, advises citizens to “Vote like your life depends on it” and positions Brown’s conservative challenger, Bernie Moreno, as a strong supporter for the 2nd Change.

The advertisement, which belongs to a bigger media blitz that consists of digital advertisements, texting, direct-mail advertising and door-to-door canvassing, likewise knocks “soft-on-crime political leaders” like Brown for supposedly not protecting weapon owners’ rights, “even putting anti-gun judges on the bench.”

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” Sen. Brown has actually failed us,” the advertisement’s storyteller states.

” This November, weapon owners need to act to protect their rights,” stated NRA-PVF Chair Randy Kozuch in a declaration. “ Soft-on-crime political leaders like Sherrod Brown have actually made daily life more harmful for American neighborhoods however stopped working to secure weapon owners and their right to protect themselves.”

Moreno and Brown remain in a neck and neck fight for an important Senate seat as many surveys suggest that their race falls within the margin of mistake.

Brown has actually likewise made himself a progressive credibility amongst some critics.

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Bernie Moreno, Republican politician U.S. Senate prospect from Ohio ( Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call through Getty Images)

He has actually been slammed for supporting the Biden administration’s policies almost 100% of the time, according to the Voteview database preserved by UCLA political researchers, however has actually bucked the administration on particular problems connected to environment modification. However his critics state he is more in line with the progressive “Green New Offer” than he is the oil and gas market in Ohio.

Ohio is the 2nd state the NRA-PVF has actually targeted this election cycle. Last month, the weapon group went live on Montana’s airwaves with an enormous push versus susceptible Democrat Sen. Jon Tester.

Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood and Julia Johnson added to this report.