“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) unveiled a new campaign ad on Tuesday that gives an incredibly misleading account of his record on the Violence Against Women Act, a bill he has voted against repeatedly — most recently opposing it over its expanded protections for victims of domestic abuse.

In the ad, called “As If,” McConnell’s wife defends his record on women’s issues against “desperate” attacks from his Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes. A narrator’s voice says McConnell co-sponsored the original VAWA and has “always supported its purpose.” In fact, the narrator says, McConnell voted for “even stronger protections” than President Barack Obama advocated, though it’s unclear which protections that refers to.

But the ad only tells a small piece of the story.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), and Michael Shure break it down.

*Read more here from Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/05/mitch-mcconnell-violence-against-women-act_n_5651334.html