Evers' re-election campaign trying to get attack ad off the air
KENOSHA — Gov. Tony Evers' re-election campaign is trying to get an attack ad, targeting how the Democrat responded to riots in Kenosha last summer, pulled off the air.
The ad in question features a Kenosha businesswoman who claims that Evers did not send help to Kenosha until after two people — Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum — died; the two men were killed by Kyle Rittenhouse on Aug. 25, the third night of unrest in the city.
Tony for Wisconsin, Evers' campaign, claims the statements in the ad should be considered false advertising, since National Guard troops were deployed to Kenosha less than 12 hours after Jacob Blake, a black man, was shot by a white Kenosha police officer, Rusten Sheskey, who was later cleared of wrongdoing in the case. Repeatedly, Evers' office has said it "met every request the city and county of Kenosha asked us" during the unrest.
On Aug. 24, the second night of protesting, there were 125 National Guardsmen on the ground in Kenosha; on the third night, the night of the Rittenhouse shootings, 250 were on the ground; by the fourth night, there were 750; and 2,000 by the fifth night.
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