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Arizona candidate Jerone Davison wards off KKK with AR-15 in viral campaign ad

A Black Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona has triggered a social-media sensation with an ad in which he fights off the Ku Klux Klan with an AR-15.

Former NFL running back Jerone Davison released a 30-second ad Wednesday entitled “Make Rifles Great Again” that shows him preparing to confront a dozen Klansmen in white hoods as they attack his home.

“Democrats like to say that no one needs an AR-15 for self-defense,” says Mr. Davison in the ad. “That no one could possibly need all 30 rounds. But when this rifle is the only thing standing between your family and a dozen angry Democrats in Klan hoods, you just might need that semi-automatic.