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The man pulls a black handgun from his pocket as he turns around, and the camera hones in on the barrel of the gun as the man fires it at the girl, her face last shown staring at him in horror as she falls backward.

鈥淎 young woman gunned down by an illegal immigrant who should have been deported but was protected by a sanctuary city,鈥� declares the narrator, Florida Republican House Speaker Richard Corcoran, who鈥檚 expected to announce his run for governor after the legislative session ends in March.

The 30-second spot was produced by Corcoran鈥檚 political action committee, Watchdog PAC, which spent nearly $100,000 for the ad to run on Fox News channels in the Sunshine State this week, .

Corcoran鈥檚 dramatization is a reference to 32-year-old Kate Steinle, killed in San Francisco when an undocumented man who鈥檇 repeatedly been deported and reentered the country was alleged to have shot her in the back in July 2015. The immigrant, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate of Mexico, was charged in Steinle鈥檚 death but acquitted of murder and sentenced to time served. His defense argued he鈥檇 shot the gun accidentally and the bullet had ricocheted, killing Steinle.

Zarate鈥檚 acquittal was a flash point for neo-Nazis, white supremacists and anti-immigrant activists. After the verdict, racists including Richard Spencer, Mike 鈥淓noch鈥� Peinovich and Matthew Heimbach .

Corcoran鈥檚 fear-mongering ad appears to serve two purposes: to further a proposed bill in the Florida legislature banning sanctuary city policies in the state, and to position Corcoran further to the right for an upcoming primary run for governor against another Republican already endorsed by President Trump, U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis.

The legislation to ban 鈥渟anctuary cities鈥� 鈥� a nebulous term for jurisdictions which limit local law enforcement鈥檚 cooperation with federal immigration authorities 鈥� was passed by Florida鈥檚 state house but the day after Corcoran鈥檚 ad appeared, amid backlash over the ad鈥檚 inflammatory narrative.聽

鈥淸D]og whistles like this don鈥檛 keep us safe,鈥� Tallahassee mayor and Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum . Gillum also , 鈥淪peaker Corcoran鈥檚 race-baiting ad is everything that鈥檚 wrong with politics today. In the age of Trump, Corcoran is vilifying immigrants. It鈥檚 a vile ad that seeks to divide us against one another, and the Speaker ought to be ashamed of himself.鈥�

Another Democratic candidate for governor, Chris King, , 鈥�.@richardcorcoran鈥檚 campaign ad is xenophobic, shameful and completely out-of-line. Fear-mongering and race-baiting have no place in Florida politics or government.鈥�

The ad is also disturbingly inaccurate 鈥� not only for its far-fetched portrayal of an 鈥渋llegal鈥� gunning down a suburban white girl unprovoked, but for implying that immigrants are more likely to commit violent crimes. Numerous studies have shown that 鈥溾��

Corcoran鈥檚 ad was perhaps not coincidentally released in his quest for governor. DeSantis is already the frontrunner in the Republican primary, with an from President Trump and Las Vegas casino kingpin Sheldon Adelson and Breitbart co-owner Rebekah Mercer.

In light of DeSantis鈥檚 high-profile supporters and Corcoran鈥檚 ad, in which he promises, 鈥渙n my watch, Florida will never be a sanctuary state,鈥� the Republican primary race for governor promises to be a race to the far-right.

While Corcoran鈥檚 ad is shocking, it鈥檚 perhaps unsurprising in a political climate where in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night.

As of press time, Corcoran鈥檚 communications director had not responded to a request for comment.

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