Republicans are highlighting Gov. and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s (D., Minn.) penchant for socialism in a new nationwide ad campaign, first debuted in the Washington Reporter.

In the ad debuting nationwide, the Republican State Legislative Committee (RSLC) leveraged Walz’s remark that “one person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness” to argue that “socialism starts in the states, so when we say we’re the last line of defense, we mean it.”

“Just like Kamala Harris, Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist,” the ad says. Images of the violent riots that swept Walz’s state in 2020 flash on screen as the ad lists the elements of Walz’s gubernatorial tenure: “Rioting, looting, and anarchy. Crime and murder. Driver’s licenses for illegals. And that was only the beginning.”

“Socialism truly begins at the state level, especially in places like Minnesota where extreme Democrat Tim Walz and his liberal state legislature have had free reign to implement one of the most radical agendas of any state in the country,” RSLC’s President Dee Duncan said upon the ad’s release.