The Trump campaign released a Uncle Sam-style 2020 campaign advertisement on Monday that urged the President’s supporters to call a 1-800 number and leave a “thank you” message for President Trump.
“I need you to call the number on your screen and deliver a ‘thank you’ to President Trump,” Campaign manager Brad Parscale said, pointing his finger at viewers, while touting a “booming economy,” “historic low unemployment” and Trump’s foreign policy efforts, overlaid with video of factory workers, the American flag, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Trump’s campaign rallies.
The one-minute ad was recorded by journalist Yashar Ali. It was unclear whether the video aired nationally or in the local Southern California area where Ali told The Washington Post he was when he saw it. Dialing the number brings callers to a fundraising hotline, according to Ali and the Post.
Watch the ad below:
First 2020 ad? This Trump ad, featuring his campaign manager @parscale, just aired on CNN. It’s a minute long and asks viewers to call an 800 number to leave a thank you message for POTUS. I called the number and it leads to a fundraising appeal (not unusual for pres campaigns) pic.twitter.com/yB3Rb1pJKe
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) December 18, 2018
Any bets on how long that line stays open?
Or, one could leave a message saying what you REALLY think.
Wow.
I’ve seen these types of ads before (on One America network, especially), but they always looked like a fundraising scam not affiliated with Trump per se. I guess those ads were effective, because why else would the Trump campaign proper emulate them?
Any bets on how long it takes for it to crash under the weight of ‘Go to hell, fraud, crook, and liar dotard’…
The grift is strong in the Trumpverse. He can’t just let others take the bulk of the market share in the “scam Trump supporters” space.