May 17, 2016

Watch: Pro-Clinton Super-PAC Releases Two Blistering New Trump Ads

They are part of a lavish $130 million campaign across battleground states.

Priorities USA

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The top pro-Hillary Clinton super-PAC, Priorities USA, released two blistering new anti-Trump advertisements on Monday night, attacking the presumptive GOP nominee’s attitudes toward women.

The ads, first broadcast by MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show and simultaneously released online, are the first salvo in the super-PAC’s massive new advertising campaign, reported by my colleague Pat Caldwell earlier today. In one of the ads, several actors mime derogatory (or downright strange) things that Trump has said about women, including comments about his daughter, Ivanka, and the Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly. The ad ends with, “Does Donald Trump really speak for you?”

The new super-PAC strategy—funded by a lavish $130 million purchase of airtime across battleground states—will focus on getting out the vote among Clinton’s key groups of supporters, particularly Latinos and African Americans. Of that $130 million, $35 million is set aside for digital advertising.

Let the auto-play digital media campaign video deluge begin.

Here’s the second ad:

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BEFORE YOU CLICK AWAY!

“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has always made clear what he thinks of journalists. And it’s plain now that his administration intends to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

No one gets to tell Mother Jones what to publish or not publish, because no one owns our fiercely independent newsroom. But that also means we need to directly raise the resources it takes to keep our journalism alive. There’s only one way for that to happen, and it’s readers like you stepping up. Please help with a donation today if you can—even a few bucks will make a real difference. A monthly gift would be incredible.

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