A Democratic super PAC is up with a new ad attacking Republican Jesse Kelly in the special election to fill the seat vacated by Gabrielle Giffords. The ad, from House Majority PAC which is backed by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, highlights one particularly unsavory comment Kelly made about Giffords when he ran against her in 2010. She beat Kelly but was shot a few months later, leading to her eventual resignation from Congress. “And now she stands there with that smile and pretends to be some kind of hometown hero,” Kelly said. “She’s a hero of nothing!”
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