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Related: About this forumTYT: Trump Ad Cranks The Stupid To Eleven
Despite claims that hes already too famous for ads, Donald Trump recently started spending millions on ads in Iowa and New Hampshire. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"One day after Republican Donald Trump's campaign manager said using footage of Morocco in an ad about the U.S. border with Mexico was "1,000 percent on purpose," the billionaire's lawyer called the move a "mistake."
Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said on CNN Tuesday there's "no doubt" someone made a mistake, but the message behind the Republican's first TV ad still stands.
"I think the point is well taken that we have 2,000 miles of open border at the southern border and, well, whoever the person is Im sure Ill be sending them a letter very soon on behalf of Mr. Trump, but the bottom line is its the same thing," Cohen told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "The point is that they're coming through.*
Read more here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michael-cohen-trump-morocco-ad
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TYT: Trump Ad Cranks The Stupid To Eleven (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Jan 2016
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. We are being punked, big time.
I wish there was a financial reward for my calling this thing months ago.
A way to bet or something
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)2. I thought so too
I was sure this was an April Fools gag or something, but here we have video of Trump talking about the ad to Billo on TV. I wouldn't have thought Trump was this big of an idiot, but maybe he just knows his audience- The Trumpanzees eating this shit up, and are ook-eek-ing for more.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,494 posts)3. the Trump ad is what it is -
the visual reinforcement of what the GOP base wants to hear - the Donald has tapped into that fear and hatred like no other candidate on the Right - the message doesn't need to change or become any more complicated than that - because it's what drives these people.
Stop over thinking this DU - the average 'Merican is way stooopider than you think