Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam is out with two new ads (here and here) ahead of Virginia’s June 13 gubernatorial primary. The first one highlights his background as a doctor and a veteran before touting his bona fides as a “progressive Democrat” who fought for a smoking ban in restaurants, opposed a “transvaginal anti-choice law,” and “stood up to the NRA.”
The second spot hits even harder on gun safety, with Northam emphasizing his support for an assault weapons ban and closing the gun-show loophole after the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting, noting how he saw first-hand as an Army doctor what guns can do to a person. He finishes by lambasting Donald Trump as a “narcissistic maniac” and promises not to let him “bring his hate into Virginia.”