The largest pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC, Priorities USA, launched a Daisy-inspired political ad at Donald Trump Tuesday, with the nuclear power of $5 million behind it.
Like many anti-Trump attack ads, “I Love War” features no narration, aside from Trump speaking about war from the campaign trail. Priorities USA plans to run the ad in the battleground states where the race between Clinton and Trump is the tightest: North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Nevada and Iowa.
The ad comes the same day that Trump released an open letter from 88 retired generals and admirals endorsing Trump, calling for a “course correction” in American foreign policy – and they argued that Trump is the person to do it. This ad is one of a few from Priorities USA that try to cut down Trump’s standing with veterans and military-minded voters.
“Including with nukes. Yes, including with nukes,” Trump says, as video footage of nuclear weapons tests turning homes and cars to dust, flashes in the background. The images are a 21st century homage to Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 “Daisy” ad.
Then the ad travels forward in time, with images of jihadi soldiers carrying the black flag of ISIS and marching along desert trails.
The ad ends with Trump saying, “I want to be unpredictable,” as a message appears on screen that reads, “Donald Trump. Dangerous. Unfit to be president.”
Even though the ad only aired once in the 1964 campaign, it is considered an important factor in Johnson’s landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964. Johnson won that race with 61% of the popular vote – a record for the largest share since recording started in 1824.
So maybe Clinton campaign and its allies are hoping there is room for nostalgia in 2016.
Like many anti-Trump attack ads, “I Love War” features no narration, aside from Trump speaking about war from the campaign trail. Priorities USA plans to run the ad in the battleground states where the race between Clinton and Trump is the tightest: North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Nevada and Iowa.
The ad comes the same day that Trump released an open letter from 88 retired generals and admirals endorsing Trump, calling for a “course correction” in American foreign policy – and they argued that Trump is the person to do it. This ad is one of a few from Priorities USA that try to cut down Trump’s standing with veterans and military-minded voters.
Priorities USA Goes Nuclear On Donald Trump
The ad opens with gruesome images from the Vietnam War – meant to serve as a soft reminder of Trump’s five draft deferments in his younger years. We then hear Trump say from a podium, “I’m really good at war. I love war, in a certain way.”“Including with nukes. Yes, including with nukes,” Trump says, as video footage of nuclear weapons tests turning homes and cars to dust, flashes in the background. The images are a 21st century homage to Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 “Daisy” ad.
Then the ad travels forward in time, with images of jihadi soldiers carrying the black flag of ISIS and marching along desert trails.
The ad ends with Trump saying, “I want to be unpredictable,” as a message appears on screen that reads, “Donald Trump. Dangerous. Unfit to be president.”
A Daisy Ad for the Donald
“I Love War,” immediately invokes memories of Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 political ad, “Daisy,” which used the imagery of nuclear war – then with the Soviet Union – to frame Johnson’s opponent, Barry Goldwater, as someone who was too extreme and too unpredictable to be president of the United States. Sound familiar?Even though the ad only aired once in the 1964 campaign, it is considered an important factor in Johnson’s landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964. Johnson won that race with 61% of the popular vote – a record for the largest share since recording started in 1824.
So maybe Clinton campaign and its allies are hoping there is room for nostalgia in 2016.