ICYMI, last night President Donald Trump tweeted out a video that highlights Luis Bracamontes, an illegal immigrant from Sacramento who was given the death penalty earlier this year after he killed two police officers in 2014:
It is outrageous what the Democrats are doing to our Country. Vote Republican now! https://t.co/0pWiwCHGbh pic.twitter.com/2crea9HF7G
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2018
And as we told you last night, many people are calling the ad racist. But in another win for Donald Trump, the video — which is too long to run on TV as an actual ad — is now being amplified by the media, including free airtime on the cable networks:
The Trump video is
a) 45 seconds long, so it’s not airing on TV.
b) no where to be found in Facebook’s ad archive.
So people will only see it if journalists highlight it relentlessly.
— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) November 1, 2018
[Narrator] They took the bait:
Don't take the bait @cnn, @ABC, @NBCNews, @CBSPolitics, @MSNBC. https://t.co/1gyxHgSwq5
— Vote November 6th ? (@neeratanden) November 1, 2018
Trump wins again:
I saw it three times today on the news.
Never heard about it before.
SUCCESS!
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 1, 2018
Take a bow, MSM, because this ad is now everywhere and Dems will have to defend a piece of s*it cop killer:
NEW: President Trump releases a racially divisive political ad that blames Democrats for allowing an undocumented immigrant who was convicted of killing police officers to stay in the US. https://t.co/IaZtXaiZpT
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 1, 2018
NEW: President Trump releases a racially divisive political ad that blames Democrats for allowing an undocumented immigrant who was convicted of killing police officers to stay in the US. https://t.co/61dZ84KUAs
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 1, 2018
Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midterms | Analysis by @stcollinson https://t.co/ENwZQUd8fB pic.twitter.com/lfgiq6NXYp
— CNN (@CNN) November 1, 2018
It’s even on local news:
Sacramento cop killer Luis Bracamontes featured in new Trump ad many are calling racist https://t.co/lD5Hdia5ni
— CBS Sacramento CBS13 (@CBSSacramento) November 1, 2018
And radio!
Do you think this ad is racist?https://t.co/XXDgQp3R2m
— WRKO (@WRKO680) November 1, 2018
Digital outlets like the Washington Post are linking to the ad in their hot takes, not realizing that what makes the Trump ad different from the Willie Horton ad is that the Willie Horton ad cost money to run and wasn’t free:
What makes the new Trump ad different from the infamous Willie Horton ad is that Trump has no shame in attaching his name to it, via @AaronBlake https://t.co/LQjTycoep6
— Colby Itkowitz (@ColbyItkowitz) November 1, 2018
But, hey … enjoy those sweet, sweet clicks promoting something you hate:
Watch the "sickening," "racist" new Trump campaign ad https://t.co/XMXGmiT8hL pic.twitter.com/HSvatWfqj1
— Ad Age (@adage) November 1, 2018
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Related:
He’s gonna BLOOOW! Rep. Eric Swalwell mentally BREAKS over Trump’s illegal immigrant ad and HOLY COW lol https://t.co/SNlHRvMgj9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 1, 2018
So, is this ad on border control that President Trump tweeted racist or not? https://t.co/GMFAqVrREd
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 1, 2018
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