We’re in Willie Horton territory here, folks. I never thought we would see an ad like this again.
Incredibly bigoted ad!
Trump goes all Willie Horton. https://t.co/792LOQIF1H
— Jim Kuhnhenn (@jkuhnhenn) October 31, 2018
CNN's lead story: "Trump campaign releases racist ad" https://t.co/OsdxlMMBjV pic.twitter.com/SvRSJxD2qz
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 1, 2018
The racist video is a) a callback to his “they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists,” campaign kick off speech b) is a bullhorn not a dog whistle, but it isn’t actually airing on tv. https://t.co/lOHMwqvG0Z
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 1, 2018
Key moment for media: Important to cover Trump video that even careful, neutral reporter like @maggieNYT calls "racist" but not to amplify its message – key failure of coverage of Willie Horton ad it echoes. Like Horton ad, not running widely on TV – need/want media to amplify.
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 1, 2018
List of Republicans denouncing Trump's ad:
-Flake
-Kasich
-Christine Todd Whitman
-Al Cardenas— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 1, 2018
A former GOP governor ——> https://t.co/fpncciRwsp
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 1, 2018
Exactly. If this were someone who wouldn't get exposure without media coverage, that's one thing.
This is completely in line with much of his messaging, and it's not ignore-able. https://t.co/Fv0nZoPA2t
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 1, 2018
Thirty years ago, George H.W. Bush released his infamous fear-mongering, racist ad on Willie Horton.
This Trump ad is worse. Far worse. https://t.co/jLFbhU8FLs
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) November 1, 2018
The cop-killer featured in Trump's video was released by Joe Arpaio's office in 1998, re-entered the country during W. Bush admin.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 2, 2018
.@sacbee_news brilliantly debunked Trump's Willie Horton 2.0 ad:
-Deported under Clinton admin in 97
-Arrested, then released “for reasons unknown” by @RealSheriffJoe in 98
-Re-entered under Bush admin in 01-02
-Married in Sheriff Joe's county in 02https://t.co/lu0BmmaJx1— Travis Mannon (@TravisMannon) November 1, 2018
Every single claim in Trump's inflammatory cop-killer ad is false pic.twitter.com/jj0ewKEvR3
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 3, 2018
Fact check: Trump’s claim that Democrats let cop killer stay in U.S. is false https://t.co/2JLfHwZTx4
— McClatchyDC (@McClatchyDC) November 2, 2018
The path from
"They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists."
to the video Trump tweeted yesterday is direct and brightly drawn.https://t.co/yWNp4UqPns
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 2, 2018
This matters. The current President should be asked about this on camera. His ad is racist bullshit.
The convicted cop-murderer featured in a Trump ad came to U.S. under Bush and used AR-15 Republicans refuse to ban https://t.co/j17qurKhXa
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 2, 2018
CNN fires back at Donald Trump Jr.: We didn’t run your dad’s ad because it’s racist. https://t.co/5hJEdMHszz pic.twitter.com/34QGovYMU7
— Slate (@Slate) November 4, 2018
The villain in that racist campaign ad isn’t the immigrant: https://t.co/JhqdsS4asS pic.twitter.com/oRhTkzwAa1
— Slate (@Slate) November 4, 2018
Sad! 