Waukesha Mayor condemns campaign ad using Christmas Parade tragedy

The mayor of Waukesha on Wednesday condemned a campaign ad run by a Republican independent group that links Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin with the killings of six people at a 2021 Christmas parade in that Wisconsin city. Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly called the ad a “pitiful political tool” that “doesn’t just hurt the families that had members that were killed, or those that were injured or those that even saw it, it hurts the whole entire community.” Baldwin faces Republican Eric Hovde in one of the most hotly contested Senate races in the country this year. The ad, which began airing across Wisconsin last week, was paid for by One Nation, a super PAC aligned with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. A spokesperson for One Nation did not return an email message seeking comment about the ad and the mayor’s criticism.