Ridiculous Right-Wing Ad Says Sotomayor Supported Terrorists

Apparently an organization that a publicly funded, nonprofit, nonpartisan group with the goal of "changing discriminatory practices via advocacy and legislation" is a terrorist organization.

The right-wing Committee for Justice has released a totally crazy TV ad that compares Sotomayor to Bill Ayers and claims that she supported terrorism by serving on the board of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF).

This sort of ad seems to indicate that the GOP has given up on the Latino vote, cuz they aren't going to get it this way. Let's not forget both Sen. Jeff Sessions and Sen. Mitch McConnell calling the group extremist and questioning it.

A letter from the National Hispanic Bar Association to Sessions calls the PRLDEF a “mainstream, well-respected organization.” It says:

As organizations committed to helping Latinos across this great nation overcome barriers of racism and poverty so that they may flourish in pursuit of the American Dream, your attacks on LatinoJustice PRLDEF send a chilling message to us all.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF is a mainstream and respected civil rights organization found ed in 1972 -- a time when Puel10 Ricans living in the United States had no voice and were largely excluded from pal1icipating in public life. [...]

Attacks on Latino advocacy and civil rights organizations are not new - we have seen figures in the media mischaracterize and slander our good works, using provocative terms that fan the flames of ethnic animosity. We expect and are entitled to better from a sitting member of the United States Senate.

Watch the ridiculous ad: