Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) Senate campaign released a video Thursday featuring narration by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
The video chronicles various parts of Schiff’s life and career, from his youth in the town of Danville, California, to his stint as impeachment manager during former President Trump’s first impeachment trial in 2020. has been done.
“He prosecuted the polluters.” gordon-levitt says In video. “He fought to bring millions back to California to curb homelessness. We only recognize it as true if we challenge it.”
Last week, one of Mr. Schiff’s rivals in California’s Senate primary, Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), went after Mr. Schiff for another video. Porter accused Schiff of what she called “brazenly cynical advertising.”
“Adam Schiff knows he’s going to lose to me in November,” Porter said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “That’s what this brazenly cynical ad is about: promoting his own political career, supporting qualified Democratic women candidates, and backing Republican candidates. What we need is: This is honest leadership, not political gamesmanship.”
The Golden State will hold a nonpartisan primary election on March 5, and the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the general election. Mr. Schiff has been leading in opinion polls for the past several months.
Schiff’s ad goes after Republican candidate and former baseball player Steve Garvey, calling him and Schiff “the two leading candidates for the Senate.”
“Influential Republican Steve Garvey is too conservative for California,” the voiceover says. “He voted for Trump twice and was a longtime supporter of the Republican Party, including far-right conservatives. Democratic leader Adam Schiff defended democracy against Trump and the insurrectionists. He supported affordable housing. , helped reduce drug costs and bring good jobs to the country. The choice is clear.”
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