An anti-Trump PAC issued a stark warning to 2024 voters on Monday in a new ad campaign, saying the former president would likely encourage a second insurrection like the one on Jan. 6. Ta.
Republican Responsibility PAC ad titled “Trump will do it again.” Footage of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and audio of the former president's Oval Address delivered just before the riot will be played.
“Trump told them to fight,” the ad reads. “Trump did this. He will do it again. He can never be president again.”
The ad also features Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), and features several He condemns the violence of the January 6 riot. .
Many Republicans have reversed their stance since January. 6 Criticisms of Trump and Riot Violence. Cruz called the Jan. 6 Capitol riot a “terrorist attack” and apologized one year after the attack.
The six-figure ad campaign will air on Fox News on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, including during the station's town hall events with Republican presidential candidates, the PAC said.
“We cannot afford to let voters forget Donald Trump's central role in the January 6th riot,” Gunnar Lamar, the Republican Party's political director for accountability, said in a statement. statement. “He continues to deny his responsibility and push conspiracy theories about what happened. We must remind voters of his disdain for the fundamental tenets of American democracy. .”
The PAC said the campaign's goal is to mobilize anti-Trump Republican voters.
“By calling attention to Mr. Trump's actions that day and targeting Republicans across the country who have criticized him, we will encourage Republicans who may be upset by Mr. Trump's role in the attack,” the group said in a statement. The purpose is to persuade.”
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