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RNC ad brings back race-related criticism of Clinton

The Republican National Committee is out with a new ad hitting Hillary Clinton and her allies on race-related comments.

The ad, titled “The Clintons Hope You Forgot,” is out just days ahead of the Democratic primary in South Carolina where African-Americans make up the majority of the Democratic base.

The video uses clips from the 2008 president cycle that questioned the Clinton campaign’s attacks on then-Sen. Barack Obama and that questioned whether her campaign was using racist undertones.

Both Clinton and Sanders have stepped up their focus on African-Americans leading up to Saturday’s primary. A Monmouth University poll from last week shows the former secretary of state with a strong lead (59 percent to 30 percent) overall in the state. It also found that 72 percent of those surveyed believed that Clinton would do an “excellent” or “good” job in helping African Americans. Just over half (51 percent) said the Vermont senator would do an “excellent” or “good” job.

