An advert for a Kansas Lawyer Common candidate by accident included footage of Tiger Woods’ 2017 arrest for DUI.
Kris Kobach, a Republican, was beforehand the Kansas Secretary of State from 2011 to 2019. His opponent Chris Mann, a Democrat, is a former police officer and Wyandotte County prosecutor.
Within the authentic model of the advert launched Thursday, Mr. Woods seems as textual content warning that “there’ll be no capital punishment for cop killers, no capital punishment for mass murderers,” if Mr. Kobach’s opponent Mr. Mann turns into lawyer common.
Mr. Woods’ unintended cameo lasts for about two of the spot’s 30-second runtime, in between footage of violent criminals.
“That was an advert company error. We caught it and glued it inside minutes. What a cheerful accident that media goes to select this up and expose Chris Mann as a soft-on-crime liberal Democrat,” Kobach marketing campaign spokesperson Danedri Herbert instructed Fox Information.
The Mann marketing campaign denounced the spot.
“Kobach’s advert is totally false and misleading. Not solely does it characteristic Tiger Woods getting arrested as a cop killer, which everyone knows is fake. It additionally accommodates a number of lies about Chris Mann … Kris Kobach has no disgrace,” Mann marketing campaign spokesperson Kelli Kee instructed the Wichita Eagle.
