SEIU Brings Its Anti-Romney Ad to Nevada

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By Melanie Trottman
February 1, 2012, 3:40 PM

Mitt Romney has become a moving target for the Service Employees International Union, which Wednesday began airing ads against the GOP front-runner in Nevada.

The new Spanish-language radio ad largely mirrors the one SEIU ran in Florida ahead of the Sunshine State’s Tuesday primary, but it puts new focus on the gap between Mr. Romney’s effective tax rate and that of most Americans, including many Latinos.


“On the one hand, Romney is a multimillionaire who pays an unfairly low tax rate. But on the other hand, he accuses hard working immigrants of being opportunistic, declaring that they’re just here looking for handouts,” says the ad, which is airing in Reno and Las Vegas ahead of Nevada’s nominating caucuses on Saturday.


As Mr. Romney “heads into states with more Latinos, his ‘dos caras’ (Spanish for “two faces”) with our community will become even more evident,” SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina said in a statement. Officials at SEIU, whose membership is one-fourth Hispanic, accuse Mr. Romney of reaching out to Latinos while pushing for tough curbs on illegal immigration, among other things.


Romney campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg called the ads “a dishonest smear from President Obama’s liberal allies and a desperate attempt to distract from his abysmal record. It will do nothing to help the millions of Hispanics who have been hit especially hard as a result of the Obama economy. “

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