Anti-Trump Republican groups have targeted a series of prominent politicians, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and former Attorney General Bill Barr, after repeatedly expressing concerns about the former president. They accused him of supporting the president.
in Advertisement published on SundayRepublican voters opposed to Trump warned that several Republican figures were suffering from “partisan derangement syndrome.”
Set to dramatic music, the ad opens with footage of Barr, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), and McConnell, before a narrator says: Houses of Parliament. ”
Audio from Barr, McConnell and Sununu was then played, all of whom held Trump responsible for the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
“But sadly, these same Republicans say they will vote for him again,” the narrator continues, before audio of three politicians saying they will vote for Trump in November plays.
“These Republicans are suffering from partisan derangement syndrome,” the narrator says, adding later. I’m far away. ”
The ad comes two days after Barr broke with the former president on January 6 and admitted he would vote for the Republican presidential nominee despite Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election. It was released in less than a week.
Barr, who has also criticized President Biden, said earlier this month: “Given two wrong choices, I think it’s my duty to choose the person who I think will do the least harm to the country. In my heart… I would vote Republican.” ticket. “
Barr added that President Trump “may be playing Russian roulette, but a continuation of the Biden administration would be national suicide.”
A few weeks ago, McConnell endorsed Trump despite ongoing tensions with the former president. At the time, McConnell said it was “clear” that the former president was leaning toward becoming the Republican presidential nominee and had previously vowed to support him.
Sununu agreed, saying in March that he would support Trump as the Republican candidate but stands by his past criticisms.
“I’ll support the ticket. I’m going to support Donald Trump, but definitely my focus is here in the state,” he told WMUR in March.
Sununu had endorsed Trump’s rival, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, in the Republican primary before dropping out.
Last week, the political group Republican Voters Against Trump, which is trying to prevent Trump from taking back the Oval Office in November, said Trump’s four criminal charges will prevent him from even getting a job at a local mall. announced another six-figure ad suggesting that.
“If Mr. Trump is too responsible to get a job at the local mall, he is too responsible to be president of the United States,” the narrator says. said in the video.
Trump and Biden both won the delegates needed to win their respective parties’ nominations in this year’s presidential election, making it a repeat of their 2020 matchup.
The race is fierce, with The Hill/Decision Desk’s average poll showing Trump leading Biden by less than half a percentage point.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign, Barr’s office, and McConnell’s and Sununu’s offices for comment.
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