- The ad for Republican senate hopeful Brad Wilson highlights him overtaking a slow-moving Corvette while driving a 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle.
- The Corvette is a reference to President Joe Biden and his 1967 Chevrolet Corvette convertible.
- Wilson is one of 11 candidates hoping to replace Senator Mitt Romney, who has announced that he does not plan to seek reelection once his term ends.
The race is on to take over Mitt Romney’s Senate seat in Utah, after he announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. One candidate, Brad Wilson, is hoping to turn it into a drag race in a new ad that depicts him accelerating past a second generation Chevrolet Corvette similar to the one owned by President Joe Biden.
In his new ad, “Full Throttle,” Wilson can be seen behind the wheel of a red 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS pulling up behind the slow-moving Corvette (fittingly equipped with “Biden” license plates), and accelerating past it as a narrator says that the country needs a “conservative fighter to shift gears” after claiming that America is sputtering towards disaster.
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The narrator then says that Wilson will “take on Joe Biden’s agenda, full throttle.” He also claims that the senate hopeful will leave the “cowardly RINOs” who appease the president behind.
The term RINO stands for “Republicans in name only.” It is a pejorative used to denounce centrist members of the GOP, and its use here could be interpreted as a shot against Romney. The senator helped approve some of the Biden administration’s signature legislation, and has been criticized by a number of his party members for it.
By contrast, Wilson espouses a more right-wing platform focused on border security, upholding the Second Amendment, and advancing pro-life political objectives in this commercial. The central premise of the spot is his opposition to President Biden’s policies.
Wilson has stiff competition, as one of 11 candidates who have decided to run for the U.S. senate, since Romney announced his decision not to seek reelection last year, reports the New York Post. Wilson resigned from his seat in the Utah House and received an endorsement from Governor Spencer Cox.
Despite that, public polls show that his Chevelle isn’t keeping up with the campaign buses for Rep. John Curtis, who represents Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, and Brent Orrin Hatch, the son of late Senator Orrin Hatch.