With the midterm elections weeks away, it’s negative ad season. Republicans have been deploying scurrilous attack ads that darken the skin color of Black Democrats running for office, such as Stacey Abrams, the gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, and Mandela Barnes, the Wisconsin lieutenant governor challenging GOP Sen. Ron Johnson. In the Badger State, a Republican super PAC has deployed ads that superimpose Barnes’ name over images of crime scenes. In Utah, a Republican-leaning PAC aired ads that falsely claimed independent Evan McMullin, who is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Mike Lee, called all Republicans racists and bigots. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a GOP super PAC, has launched ads against Seth Magaziner, a Democratic congressional candidate in Rhode Island, falsely claiming he supports raising taxes on families making less than $75,000 annually. And Democrats have also mounted a barrage of ads in close races, including some tough ones targeting Herschel Walker, the multi-scandalized GOP Senate candidate in Georgia. (Here’s an example.)