Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was slammed this week by a devastating attack ad from his Democratic opponent, megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton.
The ad highlighted recent reporting that Marshall, while working as a doctor, sued hundreds of patients and had dozens arrested over medical debt, often in small amounts.
"One evening, I see lights. I open the door, and it's a police officer," said the woman, identified as Meischa. "They arrested me because I didn't make a $50 payment to Roger Marshall. I was eight months pregnant, and I said, please, do not handcuff me in front of my two-year-old daughter. Roger Marshall preyed on the low-income families of Kansas. The healthcare system is broken, but not for Roger Marshall. He's absolutely profiting from it."
Commenters on social media were floored by the ad.
"This is a killer ad," wrote Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "If Hamilton defeats Marshall for Senate in Kansas, include it in your analysis."
"Oof," wrote politics podcaster Josh Barro.
"Wow they led in a couple polls and now they’re running a full court press," wrote Michigan-based Democratic youth organizer Mason Pressler. "Absolutely brutal."
"Killer ad," wrote Adam Jentleson of the Searchlight Institute. "Hamilton and his team have the juice, man."