Trump Campaign Shelves 2020 Ad Blitz Touting Economy Because of Coronavirus
This Trump campaign ad is a throwback to a time that's hard to remember now. Entitled "The Fighter," it features African-American and Latino voters extolling the healthy U.S. economy created by Donald Trump. ''Look at our economy, look what he's done. How could you not support the president?" asks an African-American woman wearing a red MAGA hat.
The ad encapsulated what the Trump campaign strategy was going to do: emphasize low unemployment, rising wages and a strong stock market. It was also an effort to increase support for Trump among minority voters — a tack the campaign telegraphed in its Super Bowl ad touting criminal justice reform.
Team Trump believed a bump in the African-American vote from the eight percent he got in 2016 to even the low teens in 2020 would turn what might otherwise be a close race into an electoral rout. The overall theme, campaign manager Brad Parscale said, was obvious for a president presiding over peace and prosperity: ''Nothing says 'winning' like President Donald Trump and his stellar record of accomplishment for all Americans."
But now, 2020 is the coronavirus election. How Trump handles the crisis — and how he is perceived to be handling the crisis — will likely determine whether he is re-elected. Campaign manager Parscale says that $1 billion had been earmarked for broadcast and digital advertising this year. That number, campaign officials say, has not changed — a far cry from the shoestring operation of 2016.
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Tired of winning yet?
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Just passed 100,000 cases in the US. "We're #1 We're #1 !!!!"
