Hillary Clinton is setting her sights on a general election match up with Donald Trump, with a web video out Thursday starring members of Trump’s own party calling him “utterly amoral,” “the most vulgar person” ever to run for President, and a “bigot.”
After footage of Trump claiming he’s a “unifier,” the campaign video features a who’s who of 2016 GOP dropouts torching the billionaire, with clips of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) calling him a “con artist” and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) slamming him as a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.”
The web video, which Clinton tweeted from her verified Twitter account Thursday morning, is intercut with multiple clips of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s anti-Trump speech from March, where he reminded voters that Trump once mocked a disabled reporter on the stump and suggested Fox News’ Megyn Kelly was menstruating during the first GOP debate.
The campaign video also features more recent history, with news clips of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) calling his rival “utterly amoral” and a “bully.”
After rolling interview footage of Trump saying, “I bring people together,” text rolls, reading: “Well, he’s right about that.”
The video ends with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush shaking his head at a reporter’s question and saying, “He needs therapy.”
Watch the full video via @HillaryClinton on Twitter:
Republicans agree: Donald Trump is reckless, dangerous, and divisive. https://t.co/fUkISvxMmc
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 5, 2016
There must be an attack on the Donald every day…Make Trump tweet something stupid…
They have enough material to produce one or two of these a day for the rest of the campaign. Very effective. I’m sure there will be ones about his bankruptcies as well.
It will be interesting to see how Trump responds. Most likely he’ll just dig a deeper hole for himself.
@azjude It’s a pleasing though to picture R pols particularly the vulnerable ones, Kirk, Portman, etc., running away from an ad than runs every day.
@mattinpa We talk a lot about ads writing themselves, and here’s what it looks like.
Run that on every network daily!
God knows they had plenty to work with, but these are beautifully done, and just brutal. Not everyone has the taste and insight needed to distinguish really good video production from the just-OK or cringeworthily lame variety. Someone on her team does, though. Call me an optimist, since I am one, but I think this augurs well.
ETA: Just watched again and remembered I was laughing with a friend last night about Jeb’s comment at the end. “He’s got—(head shake)—he needs, he needs therapy.” OMFG it’s priceless and perfect. For maybe the first and only time in his life, Jeb comes off like a normal person who’s saying something he really believes, and with this ad he may end up striking a harder blow at Donald than anyone ever could have imagined, himself included. Just brutal.