Bernie Moreno, left, and Sen. Sherrod Brown. (Getty Images)
"He made a campaign promise, but his campaign promise was that Mexico would pay, and he seems to have forgotten that," Brown told the Tribune Chronicle during former President Trump's presidency. "The wall is a bad idea and taking money away from our national defense is a really bad idea with what’s called the gate relocation at YARS. It’s a stupid idea; it’s wrong."
Brown also referred to the border wall as "ludicrous" in a 2017 interview which is also clipped in the ad.
The ad goes on to mention that Brown received an "F-" rating on immigration and claimed that contributed to the current border situation where "drugs and crime pour through our broken border."
Republican presidential candidate former President Trump, right, greets Ohio Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Bernie Moreno. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
One Nation, a group tied to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Republican leadership, ran an ad against Brown on immigration earlier this month outlining alleged inconsistencies in Brown's record on the crisis at the border.
Brown's record of voting with Biden nearly 100% of the time and his positions on immigration are expected to be front and center on the campaign over the next few months, while the incumbent Democrat has hit Moreno on abortion and enlisted actor Martin Sheen for an ad last year touting his record on fighting for workers.
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A Democratic group with ties to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer cut an ad this month defending Brown's immigration record and attempted to make the case that the Democratic senator shares some of the same policies as former President Trump.
The Moreno campaign has previously hit Brown on his immigration voting record, calling out votes as a senator that included rejecting a proposal in 2013 that would have delayed permanent legal status for many illegal immigrants until a 700-mile double layered border fence was constructed.
"Sherrod Brown and Joe Biden created the border invasion that is destroying our nation and harming communities across Ohio," Moreno told Fox News Digital.
"Throughout his decades in Washington, D.C., Brown has repeatedly voted against deporting illegals and funding the border wall and in favor of mass amnesty, sanctuary cities and taxpayer-funded health care for illegals. Brown has a long record of supporting open borders, which is exactly why Ohioans will retire him to the private sector in November."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Brown campaign but did not receive a response.
Brown's race against Moreno in November will be one of the most closely watched in the country. Many view it as one of the best opportunities Republicans have to take back control of the Senate, which Democrats currently hold by a 51-49 margin, in a state that Trump won by 8 points in 2020 and is expected to win again.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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