Democratic super PAC launches $15 million ad blitz slamming Trump on China and coronavirus
A Democratic super PAC has launched a $15 million ad campaign criticizing President Trump for initially praising China’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and donating U.S. personal protective equipment to China, in a move to counter pro-Trump ads painting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as soft on China.
The new television and digital ad campaign by American Bridge 21st Century’s super PAC will launch Friday and is designed to match a $10 million effort by America First Action, the main pro-Trump super PAC, labeling the presumptive Democratic nominee “Beijing Biden.” Ads by both groups will run in the same television markets in three states crucial in November: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Trump and his allies increasingly are seizing on China’s role in the spread of the novel coronavirus to attack Biden as the death toll and job losses continue to rise.
The pro-Trump America First ads criticizing Biden’s past approaches to China follow a Trump campaign ad on the same theme. Trump also has begun using China and coronavirus in his fundraising appeals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/democratic-super-pac-launches-15-million-ad-blitz-slamming-trump-china-coronavirus/