GOP Senate Committee Hires Mariachi Band To Mock Dem Over Mexico And Makes An Ad About It [VIDEO]

Talking Points Memo reports:

The National Republican Senatorial Committee on Wednesday pushed a video using a Mariachi band to highlight a Democratic senator’s past positions on outsourcing jobs to Mexico. The video, posted by NRSC communications director Jon Adams, features the band playing outside what appears to be Sen. Joe Donnelly’s (D-IN) campaign headquarters, along with the hashtag “#MexicoJoe.” In the video, a text overlay refers to the band as “a special gift” for Donnelly.

NRSC got a mariachi band to play as Donnelly (D-IN) launches re-election bid. If there's a non-racist point to this, please enlighten me https://t.co/ouriIojcrf

— Jessica Schulberg (@jessicaschulb) August 23, 2017

Roy Moore in AL, Kelli Ward in AZ, NRSC hires mariachi band IN, VA GOP neoconfed. It isn't just Trump. This is what the party is becoming.

— Jay Cobb (@JayWCobb) August 23, 2017

Oye @NRSC this is #racist. Do you think that is ok for a bunch of white people to use #Mariachi music as an attack? #WhitePrivilege ? https://t.co/LL9IVQgvnB

— Jorge_Silva (@Jorge_Silva) August 23, 2017

Between this and the NRSC mariachi video, banner day for messaging self-owns. https://t.co/DUD2S5g3AJ

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 23, 2017