Former White House adviser Karl Rove slammed Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren in a televised ad launched Thursday, tying her to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
“Fourteen million out of work, but instead of focusing on jobs, Elizabeth Warren sides with extreme left protests,” a voiceover says in the ad as text identifies Warren as “professor.”
The 30-second ad was released by the conservative group Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies.
The ad comes as polls continue to show Ms. Warren trailing Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown. Ms. Warren mounted the challenge earlier this year, telling supporters that she would seek to curtail the influence of the financial industry on Washington.
The ad, which hit the airwaves on Wednesday, took aim at Ms. Warren’s ties to the Occupy Wall Street movement, saying protesters support a “radical redistribution of wealth and violence.”
“At Occupy Wall Street protestors attack police, do drugs and trash public parks. They support radical redistribution of wealth and violence,” the voiceover says. “But Warren boasts, ‘I created much on the intellectual foundation for what they do.’ ”
Ms. Warren said Thursday that she has no problems being linked to the Occupy Wall Street movement and stands by her statement that she “created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do.”
“Yes, I’ve been fighting Wall Street for a very long time,” said Ms. Warren. “I’m glad to see people push on this issue.”
