Democrats on Monday released a new ad that attacks Rep. Tom Cotton
Tom Bryant CottonSunday shows preview: White House, congressional Democrats unable to breach stalemate over coronavirus relief The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by the Air Line Pilots Association - Negotiators 'far apart' as talks yield little ahead of deadline Hillicon Valley: Facebook bans ads from pro-Trump PAC | Uber reports big drop in revenue | US offers M reward for election interference info MORE (R-Ark.) for voting no on the Violence Against Women Act.
The ad released by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee features Stacy Malcum describing abuse from her ex-husband. In the ad, she criticizes Cotton for his "upsetting" vote against the anti-violence law.
"I was unrecognizable and I was black from my shoulder down to my ankle. You feel alone, when you’re being abused. I felt like I couldn’t get away. Having the women’s shelter there, it saved my life," Malcum said.
Malcum goes on to suggest that Cotton would leave abused women without resources.
"When I hear that Tom Cotton voted against something that could protect women, it’s upsetting. He would leave women like me with nowhere to turn," Malcum said.
Cotton, who is running to unseat Sen. Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford PryorCoronavirus poses risks for Trump in 2020 Tom Cotton's only Democratic rival quits race in Arkansas Medicaid rollback looms for GOP senators in 2020 MORE (D-Ark.) in one of the year's most competitive Senate races, voted no on the Violence Against Women Act last year because he thought it was too broad.
Cotton's campaign website states, "Violence against women is unacceptable, period."
Pryor's campaign is hammering the Republican on the issue in light of recent domestic violence scandals among NFL players like Ray Rice.
Recent polling shows Cotton with a narrow lead in a tight race.
