FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Amid Police Week, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is targeting Democrat Senate candidates with a series of ads accusing them of being anti-law enforcement. The NRSC has produced eight new ads targeting Democrat Senate candidates in battleground states: former Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Graham Platner of Maine, Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, former Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska, Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, and former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown. The campaign committee is also targeting three Democrat candidates in Michigan’s Senate primary: Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and former health official Abdul El-Sayed.  Additionally, one of the ads take aim at two Iowa Democrat candidates: state Sen. Zach Wahls and state Rep. Josh Turek. “As Democrats prioritize dangerous illegal immigrants and threaten to abolish law enforcement agencies, Republicans are working to keep criminals behind bars and make communities safe again,” NRSC National Press Secretary Bernadette Breslin told The Daily Signal.  “Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies are too dangerous for American families,” Breslin added. In one such ad, a narrator highlights the administration’s work on crime before criticizing Cooper on issues of law enforcement. “Thanks to Republicans, violent crime is at all-time lows, and American communities are safer,” the narrator begins. “But Roy Cooper wants to turn back the clock and bring back Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer’s pro-crime agenda that vilifies law enforcement, denies them crucial resources, and prioritizes dangerous illegal immigrants,” the narrator adds. “Americans can’t afford another Democrat crime wave. Reject Roy Cooper and stop the anti-police agenda.” The ad features news clips highlighting recent drops in violent crime and Senate Democrats’ opposition to renewing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding. The ads come as Republicans in the Senate are moving to provide funding to immigration enforcement agencies through a party-line budget bill after a months-long shutdown of DHS. Democrats objected to providing funding to immigration enforcement agencies during the record-setting shutdown. The Daily Signal reached out for comment from the candidates mentioned in the ads. “While Roy spent his career putting rapists and violent criminals behind bars and securing raises for law enforcement and public safety officials, Michael Whatley spent his appointing a convicted child sex predator who served time in prison for multiple counts of felony child sex crimes to a powerful position within the North Carolina Republican Party,” a Cooper campaign spokesperson replied, referring to the Republican candidate for Senate in North Carolina. The spokesperson was speaking of Harvey L. West Jr., a convicted sex offender who held positions in the North Carolina Republican Party at the same time as Whatley was its chairman. In response to the Cooper campaign, Whatley told The Daily Signal in a statement, “Nineteen innocent North Carolinians are dead because Roy Cooper chose to let violent criminals walk free—including the brutal murderer of Iryna Zarutska. He won’t answer to the families. He won’t explain the releases. He didn’t even follow the law to notify victims.”Whatley added, “This was a deliberate, reckless choice that prioritized violent criminals ahead of innocent North Carolinians. Roy Cooper failed at his most basic duty as governor, protecting the people of North Carolina, and families paid the price.” A Peltola spokesperson also responded to The Daily Signal, rejecting the ad’s premise. “This ad from DC political operatives is a lie – Mary has always stood up to her own party to crack down on violent crime and secure the southern border, and that’s what she’ll continue to do when she gets to the U.S. Senate,” the spokesperson said in a statement. The spokesperson added, “Mary also called out Joe Biden for his failures at the southern border, and she voted for tougher enforcement and billions in funding for Border Patrol. 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