White Nationalist PAC Rolls Out Pro-Trump Radio Ad Targeting Swing States
Source: Talking Points Memo
The white nationalist who bankrolled robocalls for Donald Trump in early voting states during the Republican primaries will release a radio ad this weekend in support of the GOP nominee, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
William Johnson, founder of the American National Super PAC and chairman of the white nationalist American Freedom Party, plans to run the ads in select swing states to gin up support for the real estate mogul ahead of Election Day. The ads were not authorized by the Trump campaign.
The language of the $7,000 buy is significantly less inflammatory than that used in the previous robocalls, which said “we don’t need Muslims” and praised Trump as the only candidate who could stop “the gradual genocide against the white race.” Yet Johnson, who previously praised Trump to TPM as a “strong male leader,” still plays on themes familiar to white nationalists. "Do you want a strong leader who will secure our borders and stop the flow of illegal aliens and radical Islamic terrorists?... Do you want a president who will safeguard the interests of Christians?" the ad asks, according to the Times.
The spot is expected to run in Florida, Arizona, Missouri, Alabama, Oregon, Nevada and Tennessee beginning Saturday and continue through Nov. 8, the Times reported. It is slated to air on “Liberty RoundTable” and “The Political Cesspool,” a radio show run by white nationalist James Edwards. TPM has reached out to Johnson for a full list of radio shows that plan to air the spot.
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