The NRSC’s Weak Ties Between Brown and Deadly Interstate Crash in Ohio

A National Republican Senatorial Committee ad blames former Sen. Sherrod Brown for an April crash in Delaware County, Ohio, that killed a family of three, with a truck driver named Modou Ngom charged with vehicular homicide.

The ad ties Brown to the tragedy through his immigration votes, chiefly a 1996 vote against a bill that was rolled into an appropriations package Brown ultimately voted for and Clinton signed. Ngom reportedly entered the U.S. sometime in the 1990s by unclear means, later obtaining IDs and citizenship under other names before Ohio authorities flagged the discrepancies this year.

Fact-checkers found no evidence connecting Brown's votes, most of which had no effect on final law, to how or when Ngom entered the country. The NRSC's own timeline has the alleged cause following its supposed effect.

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