As the general election approaches, President Donald Trump and his political allies have really dialed into amplifying the message that supposedly, Americans won’t be safe in a United States with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in charge. In reality, Americans aren’t safe now, with Donald Trump in charge. Besides the huge numbers of lives that have been lost amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, Trump has failed to take calls for policing reform very seriously, he has failed to implement any kind of long-range plan to solve huge unemployment levels, he has failed to stand up to the foreign leaders, like Putin, who wish harm on the U.S., and more. In a new ad, the anti-Trump Republican group known as The Lincoln Project outlined this crisis.
The ad came on Thursday, the final day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), when, in the absence of traditional in-person proceedings, Trump and some of his allies gave televised speeches at the White House.
In the ad, a narrator says:
‘It’s the greatest responsibility of a president — to help keep Americans safe, to protect our families. Donald Trump has failed this solemn duty. Over 170,000 Americans have died in the past few months from COVID-19, millions are infected, and there is no plan: no plan to contain the virus, no plan to make it safe for businesses to reopen, no plan to reopen schools. In this time of national crisis, Donald Trump did what he always does: he lied. He bragged. He blamed. He never led because Donald Trump is not a leader. This time, it’s personal — Donald Trump’s ignorance and incompetence is threatening your family’s safety. It’s not about Republicans or Democrats. It’s about protecting our families. He failed. He must go. On November 3rd, vote to protect your family.’
Check out the video below:
Donald Trump won't keep you safe. pic.twitter.com/0CCCUInDhb
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 27, 2020
The statements in the ad are the truth — the Trump administration has produced no systematic plan for containing the Coronavirus. Instead, Trump has slung lie after lie at the American people. CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale counted 20 false or misleading claims in his Thursday night speech alone, ranging from the lie that a Biden administration would seize Americans’ firearms to the lie that he has “done more for the African American community than any president since Abraham Lincoln.”
Quite the fact check from @ddale8 of Trump’s speech. pic.twitter.com/8fITOfExta
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) August 28, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response to The Lincoln Project below:
