Wall Street Journal features NumbersUSA TV ad

Our new television ad that challenges Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his support of the Gang of Eight’s amnesty plan has been featured in today’s Wall Street Journal. The story appears on both the front pages of the paper and the website. The article, “The GOP’s Immigration Dilemma”, reports on the disconnect between Republican Gang of Eight Members, particularly Sen. Graham who will seek re-election next year, and their constituents that oppose amnesty.

“Of the eight senators who helped craft the leading bipartisan immigration framework, Mr. Graham is the only one seeking re-election this cycle. A GOP primary challenge against the senator has long been expected, and now the group Numbers USA, which advocates reducing immigration, says it plans to run several hundred thousand dollars in anti-Graham TV and radio ads beginning this week.”

— Wall Street Journal, “The GOP’s Immigration Dilemma, Feb. 26, 2013

The television ad, which begins running in South Carolina on Wednesday, asks everyday voters if they sent Sen. Graham to Washington to provide an amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens while taxpayers suffer all the consequences. The voters all reply, “Not me.”

“Numbers USA, the group pushing for less immigration, hopes its South Carolina ad campaign on immigration, along with a campaign of encouraging protest faxes to Mr. Graham’s office, will either persuade him to change his mind or imperil him in next year’s election. “All of this makes Graham very vulnerable with South Carolina voters,” said the group’s founder, Roy Beck.”

The full article can be seen here, however, a subscription to the Wall Street Journal is required.