Pro-Trump TV ad Paid for by US Government Continues Airing with Higher Spend – WTOP News
Lawmakers said the 30-second spot may violate federal spending and ethics rules and asked the White House to disclose how much taxpayer money was used.
- On Friday, a taxpayer-funded TV advertisement promoting President Donald Trump continued airing on Fox News for a third straight day, drawing sharp bipartisan criticism from lawmakers questioning the use of public funds for campaign-style messaging.
- The 30-second spot features clips of Trump promising 'America will never be a communist country' while boasting about 'largest tax cuts in history,' interspersed with text promoting 'reigniting American manufacturing' and calls to 'defend law and order and police.'
- AdImpact reports the spot's cost has grown to $430,000, prompting Patty Murray and other Democrats to label it 'government propaganda' and an 'illegal misuse' of taxpayer dollars in a letter to the White House.
- While the White House defended the ad as 'educational and unapologetically patriotic,' Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called it 'inappropriate,' comparing the funding to tactics expected from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
- Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin and other lawmakers assert the ad violates the Hatch Act, which prohibits executive branch officials from engaging in political activities, while demanding the administration disclose the funding source.
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Pro-Trump TV ad paid for by US government continues airing with higher spend – WTOP News
A U.S. government-funded TV advertisement promoting President Donald Trump alongside common Republican political talking points aired for a third straight day Friday with expanded spending and reach, even as it received bipartisan criticism. The ad’s cost has jumped from $14,000 to $430,000 as it runs on a variety of network TV channels in markets across...
Winnipeg Free Press
Pro-Trump TV ad paid for by US government continues airing with higher spend
A U.S. government-funded TV advertisement promoting President Donald Trump alongside common Republican political talking points aired for a third straight day Friday with expanded spending and reach, even as it received bipartisan criticism.
Pro-Trump TV ad funded by government draws fire from both sides
Democrats and some Republicans are criticizing an ad from the Trump administration paid for by the U.S. government that pushes back against communism, socialism and Marxism in the U.S. just weeks before the midterm elections. The 30-second commercial features Trump’s voice, saying, “Together we will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America,” and, “America will…
Patty Murray demands White House stop airing taxpayer-funded Trump ad
WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the top Democrat on the Senate committee responsible for federal spending, demanded Thursday that the White House stop airing a taxpayer-funded TV ad promoting President Donald Trump.
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