Democratic senator won’t renew ad featuring Saudi dissident after widow objects

Ad from Bob Casey campaign called insensitive and incorrect by wife of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Pennsylvania Democrats have withdrawn a campaign ad after the widow of Jamal Khashoggi said it was insensitive to the memory of her late husband, who was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

The ad, sponsored by the re-election campaign of Democratic senator Bob Casey, alleges that Republican challenger Dave McCormick demanded his hedge fund stay loyal to the murderers to protect their investments" in Saudi Arabia.