WH Defends Trump Ad Calling Dems ‘Complicit’ In Murders By Undocumented Immigrants

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defending a tough new ad by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that says Democrats will be “complicit” in any killings committed by immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

The 30-second spot was released on Saturday’s anniversary of Trump’s inauguration and amid the government shutdown. Democrats are refusing to fund the government unless Republicans agree to protect some 700,000 immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. The ad highlights the Republican president’s pledge to build a border wall and tighten border security.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says national security is Trump’s top priority as president.

Sanders told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday that “it’s absolutely appropriate for the commander in chief to do everything he can to make sure he’s protecting our citizens.”

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  1. Avatar for wseitz wseitz says:

    Of course, by this logic, Republicans are complicit in every crime committed with a gun in the last 40 years.

  2. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says national security is Trump’s top priority as president.

    Hate to brake it to you SHS, every time Trump tweets he makes US citizens less safe. Every time he talks to the press he makes us less safe. Every time he leaves the US it’s like we gained some breathing room, but it doesn’t make us safe. And Lord girl no head of state, no politician, no one is safe if they stand between Trump and camera.

  3. Some lefty PAC should run a counter-ad portraying Trump as complicit in every murder committed by a white supremacist.

  4. Well, if it’s a full-out lie, then you can bet your bottom dollar the WH will support it vociferously and wholeheartedly.

    It’s only the truth that they can’t deal with.

  5. Roy Cohn would be so proud of Trump

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