By Justin Sink
Democratic strategist Tad Devine, an adviser to Al Gore and John Kerry's presidential campaigns, accused Mitt Romney's campaign of invoking controversial pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a recent ad.
Devine said Wednesday that he was "shocked" to see what he believed to be imagery of an African American church in an ad released Tuesday by Romney's presidential team and airing in New Hampshire. The ad, Romney's first of the campaign, is "clearly an attempt to bring back Rev. Wright and race," Devine tweeted.
In the ad, a series of images including those of a foreclosed home and empty businesses flash by as text criticizes President Obama's economic record. But at two points, the imagery cuts to well-dressed African-American women walking down a large hallway, and pans over a predominantly black audience.
Devine believes that these images were selected intentionally to invoke the Jeremiah Wright controversy.
"I was really surprised and even shocked to see a "flash" scene in the new Romney ad that depicts an African American church congregation (eerily reminiscent of Rev Wright)," Devine said in a post to his Facebook page early Wednesday. "They are obviously trying to raise the race issue through the backdoor. Maybe they are worried about how poorly Romney is doing in South Carolina."
The Romney campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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