Republicans are poking fun at liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in their bid to gain political traction for the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has a new Web ad riffing on MSNBC spots that feature Maddow in front of the Hoover Dam calling for the nation to think big on infrastructure.
In the NRCC’s version, a woman dressed like Maddow (sweatshirt and all) is placed before the dam and then a fictional Keystone pipeline segment.
“This is an energy infrastructure project. It's got national significance,” she says in front of the dam.
The ad then cuts to the pipeline, where the fake Maddow takes aim at President Obama’s failure thus far to approve the pipeline that would transport Canadian oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries.
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