The Harris-Walz marketing campaign on Monday launched a new advert highlighting main Republican figures who’ve labored with Donald Trump which have now shunned him and oppose his presidential marketing campaign.
The advert, titled “The Best People,” is ready to run on Fox Information Channel and in West Palm Seaside, Florida (the place Trump’s residence/resort Mar-A-Lago is situated) forward of the upcoming presidential debate.
Included within the advert are quotes from many who have been a part of Trump’s first administration: former Vice President Mike Pence, Protection Secretary Mark Esper, nationwide safety adviser John Bolton, and Normal Mark Milley.
“Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States. It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence mentioned.
When requested if the nation’s secrets and techniques are secure with Trump, Esper answered, “No, I mean, it’s just irresponsible action that places our service members at risk, places our nation’s security at risk.”
Bolton states that “Trump will cause a lot of damage. The only thing he cares about is Donald Trump.”
The advert follows current bulletins from former Rep. Liz Cheney and former Vice President Dick Cheney—each outstanding Republicans—that they’d be voting for Harris within the election, citing the risk that Trump represents to democracy.
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again,” Cheney mentioned in a assertion.
Trump infamously known as on Pence to subvert the U.S. Structure following their joint loss to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris within the 2020 presidential election. On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump posted on X, previously Twitter, “States want to correct their votes, which they now know were based on irregularities and fraud, plus corrupt process never received legislative approval. All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the States, AND WE WIN. Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!”
Pence declined to comply with Trump’s demand and as a substitute adopted federal legislation by voting to certify the election outcomes. Trump then inspired his supporters to assault the Capitol, for which he was later impeached (for a second time).
The brand new advert additionally highlights the rupture within the relationship between Trump and Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees below Trump. Milley and the opposite heads of America’s army branches (Military, Air Power, Marines, Navy, and Coast Guard) despatched out an announcement in January 2021 condemning the Jan. 6 assault.
In a 2023 speech excerpted within the industrial, Milley warned of “wannabe dictators” in what was extensively seen as a condemnation of Trump.
“We are unique among the world’s militaries. We don’t take an oath to a country, we don’t take an oath to a tribe, we don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant or a dictator,” Milley mentioned. “And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America—and we’re willing to die to protect it.”
As a part of his marketing campaign, Trump has mentioned he would use the facility of the presidency in a second time period to spherical up and mass deport undocumented immigrants. Trump has additionally mentioned he would search retribution towards his political enemies.
Since being sworn into workplace in 2021, Biden has used the presidency to advocate for freedom and has warned in regards to the autocratic risk from Trump and the Republican Social gathering. In his July tackle from the Oval Workplace saying his determination to step down from the presidential race, Biden mentioned the transfer was motivated by his help for democracy.
“The great thing about America is, here, kings and dictators do not rule. The people do. History is in your hands, the idea of America lies in your hands,” Biden mentioned.
“Freedom” has been the central theme of Harris’ marketing campaign since she took over from Biden because the Democratic presidential nominee. She has taken Trump to job for his choices that immediately led to Roe v. Wade being overturned and abortion rights being upended, in addition to his actions to subvert democracy.
Talking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in August, on the similar web site the place Trump accepted the Republican nomination a number of weeks earlier than, Harris summarized the marketing campaign’s theme.
“We are witnessing across our nation a full-on attack on hard-fought, hard-won, fundamental freedoms and rights across our nation, like the freedom to vote, the freedom to be safe from gun violence, the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride,” Harris mentioned.
