* Florida Politics…
Jim Oberweis ran for office nine times in Illinois. A new attack ad wants Southwest Florida voters to know what he said about immigration while he was doing it.
Southwest Florida First, a political action committee that has spent this cycle going after out-of-state candidates in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, is airing a new spot on cable and digital platforms. The ad accuses the Bonita Springs Republican of once supporting citizenship and work permits for undocumented immigrants.
* The spot…
Transcript…
VO: Liberal Jim Oberweis ran nine times for office in Illinois. Supporting amnesty and even citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Oberweis: We ought to allow a clear path to citizenship.
VO: Now he’s running here. Pretending he’s tough on immigration. Oberweis even pushed work visas for illegal immigrants.
Oberweis: A special type of visa that could allow them to continue to stay here and work.
VO: Career candidate, perennial loser.
Oberweis: I’m Jim Oberweis.
VO: Don’t let him Illinois our Florida.
[From Rich: I regularly spend colder weeks in that very district. You can’t swing a dead lizard without hitting someone from the Chicago metro area. So, quite a few of the oldsters in the district (and there are a lot of oldsters there) already know who he is.]
- Someone you should know - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:12 am:
Maybe he should get the chopper out and shoot some video over hard rock Stadium, and redo his soldier field ad
- Proud Papa Bear - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:18 am:
Interesting. A place where Jim Oberweis is considered a liberal RINO.
- SAP - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:18 am:
Jim Oberweis is getting attacked for being soft on immigration? We are through the looking glass.
- Juice - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:20 am:
Never would have thought Chopper Jim would be accused of being soft on immigration. Or a liberal.
- James the Intolerant - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:36 am:
I moved from Chicago and live in this district and the ads are disgusting, candidates trying to establish who is the Trumpiest. Hopefully we can at least turn the governors seat, Donalds seems beatable.
- JS Mill - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:39 am:
They hit the nail on the head with career candidate. The RHINO stuff is funny and surreal.
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:40 am:
Richard Nixon would be hard left in today’s GOP.
- King Louis XVI - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:45 am:
— Richard Nixon would be hard left in today’s GOP.—
… and both Bushes, Reagan, Ike, Hoover, Coolidge, Harding, etc.
- The Ford Lawyer - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:49 am:
“A place where Jim Oberweis is considered a liberal RINO.” –That place would be the entire Trumplican party.
- JoanP - Monday, Jul 27, 26 @ 11:53 am:
The phrase ”liberal Jim Oberweis” was not on my bingo card.