Georgia Republican relies on a painting of Chairman Mao to help him take down intraparty foe
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Republican Rep. Doug Collins is airing a new commercial for Georgia’s all-party Senate primary that rips GOP incumbent Kelly Loeffler for allegedly having once had a portrait hanging in her Atlanta mansion that depicted “history’s most brutalGeorgia Republican relies on a painting of Chairman Mao to help him take down intraparty foe
Republican Rep. Doug Collins is airing a new commercial for Georgia’s all-party Senate primary that rips GOP incumbent Kelly Loeffler for allegedly having once had a portrait hanging in her Atlanta mansion that depicted “history’s most brutal mass murderer,” and no, the narrator is not talking about Attila the Hun. Instead, the spot declares that Loeffler displayed a painting of the late Chinese Communist dictator Mao Zedong, with the narrator arguing that she “lied about hanging the $60,000 portrait of Mao in her Buckhead estate.” The announcer then goes on to tie Loeffler to modern China by saying, “Her love of their money explains the Chinese flag Loeffler hung on her New York Stock Exchange.” (Loeffler’s husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, is the CEO of the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange.) The spot concludes by arguing, “And Loeffler’s refusal to cut ties with China-controlled companies that make her millions. Because Kelly Loeffler is a fake conservative who looks out for herself.” Read more