Linda McMahon ad deals with her WWE past

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Since Linda McMahon's connection to professional wrestling—her husband is Vince McMahon—is the only thing that sets her apart from every other whitebread Republican Senate candidate, it was only a matter of time before someone brought it up. Democrats in Connecticut have been trying to associate her with WWE drug and steroid scandals, so Linda fired back in this ad, wherein she shows footage of WWE wrestlers and admits her time there was "maybe not a regular job."

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