Arkansas super PAC spends $900K on ads supporting GOP Senate candidate Jake Bequette

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FIRST ON FOX: The super PAC aligned with Arkansas Republican Senate candidate Jake Bequette purchased nearly $900,000 in broadcast and cable ads in the state in support of the former NFL player and U.S. Army veteran's campaign, Fox News has learned.

This week, the Arkansas Patriots Fund spent $893,367 in pro-Bequette ads, which began airing on Tuesday night. 

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The super PAC put $561,000 toward ads on broadcast and $332,367 on cable. 

"Democrats are destroying our country. Too many Republicans are too weak to stop them," the ad says, showing an image of incumbent Arkansas GOP Sen. John Boozman with the words "RINO Republicans" blaring on the screen. 

Former President Trump, right, endorsed GOP Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., left, in March 2021. ( )

The ad highlights Bequette's college football career, his time playing professionally for the New England Patriots and his decision to join the military. Bequette enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 2017, completed Army Ranger school in October 2018 and became part of the 101st Airborne Division deployed to Iraq.

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"Now, Bequette is volunteering for duty in the U.S. Senate," the ad says. "Conservative, God-fearing, Arkansas Razorback, American patriot."

Jake Bequette of the Arkansas Razorbacks warms up before a game against the New Mexico Lobos at War Memorial Stadium on Sept. 10, 2011, in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Razorbacks beat the Lobos