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The Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) campaign made a classic stupid mistake Tuesday, using footage of Duke celebrating after Christian Laettner's immortal shot to beat the Wildcats in 1991.
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When the campaign realized what had happened someone (the "vendor") yanked the footage...and substituted video of current Kentucky player Julius Randle.
Ooops.
Kentucky reported it to the NCAA and issued a cease and desist letter.
Naturally, the opposing camp had fun with the goof, with Democrat Alison Grimes tweeting that "KY, as your next Senator, I promise to never glorify a Duke championship in a campaign ad like @TeamMitch."
Of course, Grimes herself probably offended when she picked Kentucky to lose to Wichita State.
Maybe both campaigns would be smart to leave basketball to people who know what they're doing.