Parents of slain journalist slam ads featuring their son
American journalist James Foley was beheaded by the ISIL terrorist group in
August.
Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:56AM GMT
Parents of slain American journalist James Foley have condemned political
ads featuring their son moments before he was beheaded by ISIL terrorists on
camera.
"I think it is deplorable and there should be an apology," Foley's father
said in an interview Thursday with the New England Cable News.
"It makes me very sad that people would use the brutality of our son's death
for their own political purposes," Foleys mother said on NECN.
Secure America Now, a conservative nonprofit organization focusing on
national security issues, has funded political web ads featuring a CNN
broadcast in which Foley is kneeling in an orange jumpsuit right before he
is executed by an ISIL militant in Syria.
James Foley was beheaded by the terrorist group in August.
The ads target vulnerable Democrats weeks before the congressional midterm
elections, The Hill reports.
One of the ads takes aim at Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen from New Hampshire,
the in the Northeasts most conservative state where Foley came from.
The ad says while ISIL terrorists threaten to attack America, President
Obama and Senator Shaheen have done nothing. It urges voters to call now
and tell Senator Shaheen to stop ignoring our border crisis. Tell her to
secure our border now."
Similar ads target other vulnerable Democrats, including Sens. Mary Landrieu
(La.), Mark Udall (Colo.) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), whose races could determine
the outcome of the battle for control of the US Senate.
Sen. Shaheen issued a statement Wednesday condemning the ad in her state.
"This is a disgraceful ad that dishonors the memory of a respected
journalist and New Hampshire native."
"It hurts all who loved and knew Jim, and the people behind this ad owe the
Foley family and apology," she added.
The Foleys are demanding the ads be pulled from the state.
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