Bill Eigel, a state senator, denied claims that the ad was racist.
A Republican candidate running to be governor of Missouri is facing backlash over a campaign commercial targeting illegal immigration that features a Spanish-language translator vowing to deport migrants.State Senator Bill Eigel's ad features him delivering a message to illegal immigrants: 'The party's over. Pack your bags. You're getting the hell outta here.
Mike Kehoe, told the Kansas City Star that Missourians had been offended by the video.'I just had one of our firefighters tell me how upset he was about that ad,' he told the outlet Tuesday. 'I had a member of the Hispanic community tell me how upset they were.'Responding to claims his ad is racist, Eigel told Newsweek in a statement Thursday morning that he was just promising to carry out the law.
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