AUSTIN, Texas — The Bexar County Democratic Party has launched a controversial Spanish-language ad during the final week before the November 4 elections, calling tea party Republicans “radical terrorists.”
The ad begins showing the American and Mexican flags, with a male narrator saying in Spanish that the flags represent “friendship, liberty, opportunity, and justice,” then showing a Gadsden flag with its famous “Don’t Tread on Me” motto. The Gadsden flag, which the ad calls “muy peligrosa,” or “very dangerous,” was designed in 1775 during the American Revolution and has since been adopted as a symbol by various libertarian and tea party groups. The ad then proceeds to call tea party Republicans “radical terrorists” while showing images of militia members holding guns and wearing camouflage, threatening “our children and families with violence and firearms,” urging viewers to “¡Voto Demócrata!”