Again the tRump administration ignores and breaks the law. tRump and crew feel that no law or rule applies to them. They feel they are above the laws that everyone else must follow. tRump is not a king or dictator yet. During the first tRump term they frequently broke the hatch act law, and this term they have done it constantly in the vein of entertaining tRump, all paid for by the tax payers. Yet if a democratic party administration did any thing near this blatant the right would lose their minds and melt down over it. Hugs
At first glance, it looks like a typical Republican campaign advertisement. As images of President Donald Trump flash across the screen, the 30-second spot says “America will never be a communist country” and boasts about the “largest tax cuts in history.”
But there’s something different near the end — a bit of text at the bottom that says “paid for by the U.S. government.”
According to AdImpact, which tracks media spending, the advertisement cost $14,000 and it ran during conservative shows on Fox News and Newsmax.
The White House said in a statement the ad is “educational and unapologetically patriotic.”
“These public service announcements are about reminding Americans to love their country and understand what makes it worth defending, at home, at our borders, and abroad,” the White House statement said.
Fox News and Newsmax did not immediately return a request for comment.
The White House did not say what agency paid for the spot, which includes background music with singers crooning “love me” over and over.
The advertisement does not say who voters should support in the midterms, but it meshes with campaign messaging from Trump and other Republicans, particularly during the party’s unusual convention in Dallas earlier this month.
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who is in line to chair the House Judiciary Committee if his party wins the majority in November, said in a social media post that it’s a violation of the Hatch Act for government employees to work on such a video.
“It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns,” Raskin wrote.
Republicans also criticized the ad.
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who is not running for reelection, referenced the former right-wing Hungarian prime minister to critique the advertisement.
“It’s inappropriate. It’s not like they need a GoFundMe page to have the dollars to do that sort of ad and they could do it. But using taxpayer dollars, it feels like Viktor Orban,” he said.
Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy said he hadn’t seen the ad but questioned whether it was legal.
“I don’t generally like to see politicians use public money to pay for their own campaign ads,” he said.
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Associated Press reporters Joey Cappelletti and Steven Sloan in Washington contributed to this article.
Polls aren’t looking great for Republicans in key senate states.
Trump reacts to seeing CNN’s Kaitlin Collins at the United Nations headquarters after his ban.
Trump joins Zohran Mamdani and the press on the Gracie Mansion lawn and is immediately questioned on banning CNN and networks refusing to cover Trump in solidarity.
Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, shares how many advocates and recipients of Social Security are denied entry into meeting about cutting Medicare and Social Security.
You may have already heard of Senator Tuberville’s fear mongering about violent furry pilots flying planes and manning the air traffic. Personally I don’t mind if the pilots and controlers are nude as long as they know their craft of flying the plane well. But as I already posted on this subject he is spouting lies and misinformation. He is simply trying to use fear to rile up the base because he is losing his race for governor of Alabama. Also what is that graphic he is using of a pregnant person? That is not a furry. Hugs
Hasan Piker’s response to Bibi Netanyahu’s speech to the UN, where he whines about how badly Israel has been treated and what a huge threat Piker is. This beautiful response lists the abuses that Bibi / Israel has abused, stolen from, and committed genocide against the Palestinians.
Dan McClellan destroys the pro-Iraeli anti-Palestinian content creators information but also describes how it is a certified genocide as he shows the receipts. Hugs
