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Just 62 days from Election Day, liberal U.S. Representative Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) is desperately lying about his record and lashing out his Republican challenger Dan Coats (R-IN), who launched a new ad highlighting Ellsworth’s votes to close the Guantanamo Bay and transfer and prosecute terrorist detainees to U.S. soil.

WTHR-TV reports that “Dan Coats launched the ad last week criticizing Ellsworth over his stance on the Guantanamo Bay prison” claiming that “My opponent voted to close Guantanamo and move terrorists to the United States where they can have the same legal rights as Americans. As your senator I will fight the move.” However, “Ellsworth spoke to reporters about the ad, saying Coats' claims were untrue,” and citing “military top brass who testified before Congress that both federal courts and military tribunals were needed to deal with terrorist suspects.”

But, contrary to Ellsworth’s dishonest attempts to run from his own record, the facts reveal that he voted on numerous occasions to support the Obama Administration’s attempts to close Guantanamo Bay. Ellsworth also voted for measures that would allow President Obama to transfer, detain, and prosecute terrorist suspects on American soil, a move that many senior military officers and intelligence officials warned “would threaten national security and public safety,” as “Prisoners transferred to U.S. prisons would turn those prisons -- and the nearby civilian populations -- into high-probability terrorist targets.”

“Brad Ellsworth’s record in support of Nancy Pelosi and President Obama’s policies to close Guantanamo Bay and bring terrorist suspects to U.S. soil speaks for itself,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Brian Walsh. “Ellsworth’s false claims are yet another reminder that he is completely out-of-touch with Hoosier voters, who have rejected his weak positions on national security and his reckless spending agenda in Washington. This November, voters in Indiana will have an opportunity to elect an honorable and trustworthy leader in Dan Coats as their next U.S. Senator.”