A Democratic congressional candidate from Louisiana has gone viral for releasing a campaign ad featuring herself giving birth, as she took aim to address the state’s strict abortion ban.
Katie Darling, 36, a business executive challenging Republican Rep. Steve Scalise, said in the new ad that “Louisiana deserves better than the path we’re on.”
During the ad, Darling is first seen pregnant on her farm in St. Tammany Parish with her husband, John, and 6-year-old daughter, Remy, as she talks about Louisiana’s abortion ban.
“We should be putting pregnant women at ease. Not putting our lives at risk,” the longshot candidate in the Republican stronghold says.
The video then shows her giving birth to the couple’s second child, Ollie, who she then cradles on her breast in the intimate ad.
The ad instantly went viral, racking up hundreds of thousands of views.
“I think there are a lot of folks who connect with having a family and dealing with the challenges we face in Louisiana; climate change, education and a severe abortion ban,” Darling said. “That’s why the ad is resonating with so many people. We knew it would take a special message so we were thoughtful and mindful of the content and its importance.”
“I decided to run for office in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Reproductive rights and health is the foundation of my campaign,” she said.
In the ad, Darling says: “These days I worry about storms that are stronger and more frequent because of climate change, about our kids’ underperforming public schools and about Louisiana’s new abortion ban, one of the strictest and most severe in the country.”
that woman looks so old to be giving birth, she look like a person in her 60’s , going through such hard times, and just look at how she is dressed , in that grandma dress with dumpster dive boots on, such a plain Jane
Looks,the life no was so ease in her life ,that’s is what I see
So what’s her message, exactly? Abortion is not o.k., at least not for her self-absorbed, lily white, narcissistic ass, but it’s o.k., especially for women of color to keep their birth rate down so their offspring don’t get to share the same life experience as her privileged offspring? And, this is her vote-getting strategy?
Is her husband sure who the father is?
Is she a conceited prick?
Gracie, I guess you would know when you’re too old to have a baby..
Another Democrat Ass Hole.
What a sick and twisted add. Championing abortion while giving birth? SMH!