President Trump’s reelection campaign is unleashing new ads in five early-voting states that emphasize a “law and order” message.
“Lawless criminals terrorize Kenosha,” said an ad airing in Wisconsin, adding, “Joe Biden takes a knee.”
The ad, launched in Wisconsin on Wednesday, along with a similar version for Minnesota, argues that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden isn’t doing enough to condemn the riots happening in those states that have followed the death of George Floyd and the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The two ads are almost identical.
“Biden and the radical left’s weak response has led to chaos and violence,” the ad says. “And their calls for defunding police would make it worse.”
On June 8, Biden’s campaign said that he did not believe in defunding the police. A month later, he said he believed some police funding should be redirected, but on Aug. 5, Biden said he actually wanted to “get police more money.”
The ad continues, “President Trump is making it stop, sending national guard and federal law enforcement to protect Wisconsin’s families. Communities, not criminals. Jobs, not mobs. Strong leadership when America needs it most.”
Ads that will air in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina, label Biden as a “tool of the radical left.”
There are roughly 62 days until Election Day. Biden leads Trump in general election polls by 6.3 percentage points, according to a RealClearPolitics average. RealClearPolitics’s battleground state poll tracker is much closer.
