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McConnell campaign ad mocks new Democratic opponent Alison Lundergan Grimes

Alexis Levinson Political Reporter
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell got a Democratic opponent on Monday: Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. To welcome her into the race, McConnell’s campaign launched a catchy music video: “What Rhymes with Alison Lundergan Grimes?”

The video, launched Tuesday, is a remix of Lundergan Grimes’ own speeches and mocks her as a “left-wing mime,” and a politician who “sticks to party line.”

It also keys on a theme that Republicans have been pushing after Lundergan Grimes announced her run on Monday: “not ready for prime time.”

The press conference announcing her run started 30 minutes late, the backdrop advertised the wrong office because it was from her secretary of state campaign, and almost 24 hours later, she still has no real functioning website, just a blank page that says Grimes for Senate and has a generic email address to contact. The Republican opposition research group America Rising dubbed it “The World’s Worst Political Website.”

Campaign manager Jesse Benton said in a statement that they took note that Lundergan Grimes had “failed to prepare any materials or message to announce her campaign,” and decided to help out.

“We hate to see someone flounder so badly, so we decided to give Alison a helping hand,” he said.

“We, at Team Mitch, are nothing if not magnanimous, so decided to welcome her to the race with what we imagine her campaign theme song might be. The song highlights her signature initiative to ‘preserve, protect, and promote Alison Lundergan Grimes.'”

Grimes For Senate Website

Grimes for Senate website

As ABC News points out, the central question of McConnell’s “What rhymes with Alison Lundergan Grimes?” ad was first posed by Lundergan Grimes’ grandmother in a television ad when she was running for secretary of state.

We promise you two things: you will never forget her name, and you will never get this song out of your head.

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