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How big a drag is Donald Trump? Watch this Warnock ad [1]
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Date: 2022-11-18
In fact, the entirety of the ad is devoted to Trump's endorsement of Walker during the November 15 rally in which Trump announced his third presidential bid.
x New: Sen. Raphael Warnock's campaign is running a new 30-second ad — so far it's aired in Atlanta — that is almost entirely Trump speaking at his announcement and urging support for Herschel Walker.
If you wanted to know, how Trump's kickoff is playing in GA... pic.twitter.com/x7HSvmjqPK — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 17, 2022
“We must all work very hard for a gentleman and a great person named Herschel Walker, a fabulous human being who loves our country and will be a great United States Senator,” Trump says in the video. “Get out and vote for Herschel, and he deserves it.
As Trump drones on about Walker being "an incredible athlete," who will be "an even better senator,” the words "Stop Donald Trump. Stop Herschel Walker" appear in big bold letters over a photo of a beaming Walker glad-handing Trump.
In effect, the ad suggests the first step toward stopping Trump is stopping Walker and aims to find early enlistees in that existential effort. It’s not only a smart point, it’s a plausible one.
Warnock only graces the screen at the end to say he approved the message.
Warnock bested Walker in the general election by some 35,000 votes but failed to break the 50% threshold necessary to avoid a runoff. Warnock's success during the runoff will depend on his appeal to disaffected Republicans and independents who are dismayed by the direction of the national GOP under Trump and will struggle to cast a vote for Walker, a deeply flawed candidate who is wildly unfit for office.
The ad aims to either engage that cohort of voters in the effort to defeat Walker or, at the very least, disengage them from the effort to elect Walker. It will also remind Georgia Democratic base voters, including the critical under-30 crowd, how much is at stake during the runoff on Dec. 6.
Chip in $3 right now to defeat Herschel Walker and deal another blow to Donald Trump.
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