Guns are a frequent staple of the conservative campaign ad. But one candidate in the crowded Republican primary field for Georgia governor has caused an uproar with a campaign video in which he pretends to threaten a young man interested in his daughter with a shotgun.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp tweeted his reaction to the controversy: “I’m conservative, folks. Get over it!”
The video , which was posted to the Kemp campaign’s social media accounts last week and ran on local television, features Kemp sitting in a room full of firearms while talking to a sheepish looking young man.
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