Hillary Clinton is releasing her first national TV ad to bash Republicans for their hearings on the Benghazi attack, accusing the GOP leadership of cynically using the tragedy for political gain.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the leading candidate to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, seemed to take credit for contributing to Clinton’s declining poll numbers through the House hearings on Benghazi.
Clinton’s ad, “Admit,” shows McCarthy telling Fox News Channel: “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her [poll] numbers today?”
A narrator in Clinton’s spot then says, “The Republicans have spent millions attacking Hillary because she’s fighting for everything they oppose, from affordable health care, to equal pay. She’ll never stop fighting for you and the Republicans know it.”
The ad will air just before Clinton is scheduled to testify again on Oct. 22 before the House committee.
US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, information officer Sean Smith and their security men, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, were killed in the attacks at the US compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012.