Pro-Ron DeSantis PAC Puts Out Anti-Trump Ad on Fox News
By: Joe DePaolo (Mediaite)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
A pro-Ron DeSantis PAC is fighting back against the onslaught of attacks from former President Donald Trump.
In an ad first reported by Axios which debuted nationwide on Fox News Sunday, the PAC — called Never Back Down — dropped a 30-second spot titled "Fight Democrats, Not Republicans."
"Donald Trump is being attacked by a Democrat prosecutor in New York," the ad says. "So why is he spending millions attacking the Republican governor of Florida? Trump is stealing pages from the Biden-Pelosi playbook, repeating lies about social security."
The ad then played a soundbite from DeSantis from last month in which he said, "we're not gonna mess with Social Security." It then played a clip of Trump being asked "will entitlements ever be on your plate?"
"At some point, they will be," Trump said during a 2020 interview at the World Economic Forum. He added, "We will take a look at that.
The ad concluded, "Trump should fight Democrats, not lie about Governor DeSantis. What happened to Donald Trump?"
The commercial represents one of the first major salvos fired by the DeSantis camp after months of relentless attacks by Trump. The former president has gone so far as to smear the Florida governor by suggesting he is a pedophile. Recently, Trump's Make America Great Again PAC released an ad mocking DeSantis for reportedly eating pudding with his fingers — which the governor has denied.
Erin Perrine, who once served as director of communication for the Trump campaign, and now holds that same position for the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down PAC, told Axios, "The ad is right: What happened to Donald Trump?"
The Trump campaign responded to the ad in a statement to Mediaite.
"DeSantis is colluding with his globalist handlers to go full Never Trump in order to gaslight the people into thinking that Medicare and Social Security should be ripped away from hard-working Americans," said spokesperson Steven Cheung. "President Trump has made it clear that he will always stand on the side of Americans, and protect benefits seniors worked for and paid for their entire lives."
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This will have all the impact of a wet noodle against a brick wall.
Appreciate your insights, I never know which ads will resonate.
Comment on the article, not my insights, lest you get deleted.
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Yawn. Trump. Trump. And more Trump.
And Steven Cheung. Sounds Chinese and if he stands with Trump he's a liar too.