Sen. Martha McSally Martha Elizabeth McSallyOn The Trail: Making sense of this week's polling tsunami The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' MORE (R-Ariz.) disavowed a fundraising pitch in which the Arizona Republican Party chair called on supporters to stop Democratic candidate Mark Kelly, whose wife, then-Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), was seriously wounded by a gunman in 2011, “dead in his tracks,” according to KTAR.

Chairwoman Kelli Ward raised eyebrows Thursday with the email, which called Kelly, a retired NASA astronaut, a “gun-grabber.” On Monday, McSally told “KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Mac & Gaydos” she did not agree with the sentiment.

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“I don’t agree with Mark Kelly,” McSally said. “I think he’s out of step with Arizona on this issue, but those are definitely the words that I would not have used.”

Jacob Peters, a spokesperson for Kelly, blasted the fundraising email as “dangerous,” saying it “has absolutely no place in Arizona and is what’s wrong with our politics,” according to KTAR.

Ward, meanwhile, has blamed the press for publicizing the email, tweeting “Utterly ridiculous! I don’t wish harm on Mr. Kelly.”

“Dishonest stories like this are dangerous and irresponsible!” she added Friday.

Utterly ridiculous! I don’t wish harm on Mr. Kelly. We disagree politically on the Constitution and the #2a, and I’m well aware of the harm his policies would cause should he ever be elected. Dishonest stories like this are dangerous and irresponsible! https://t.co/8wfU8QQtSO — Dr. Kelli Ward (@kelliwardaz) September 6, 2019

McSally was appointed in December 2018 to fill the late Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainCrenshaw looms large as Democrats look to flip Texas House seat Analysis: Biden victory, Democratic sweep would bring biggest boost to economy The Memo: Trump's strengths complicate election picture MORE’s seat after McCain’s initial successor, Sen. Jon Kyl, announced his resignation. Kelly is one of several Democratic candidates vying to face her in a 2020 special election for the remaining two years of McCain’s term.