The Hill
By Ben Kamisar
December 14, 2015
The
super-PAC supporting Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid is out with a
new ad bashing the GOP presidential field for standing by a pledge to
support the Donald Trump
if he becomes the party’s nominee.
The
Priorities USA spot, shared exclusively with The Hill ahead of its
release, highlights a slew of Republican candidates pledging to support
the GOP nominee in light
of Trump’s controversial call for a ban on Muslim immigration last
week.
“Apparently
nothing can drag these Republican candidates from their Trump Pledge,
not even a candidate who calls people rapists, is consistently
disrespectful to women,
and proposes a implementing a religious test to gain entry into the
United States,” Justin Barasky, Priorities USA’s spokesman, said in a
statement.
“In
tomorrow’s debate Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and the rest of the GOP field
must explain why they would be OK with a nominee who consistently spews
racist and sexist rhetoric
and why none of them have the courage to do the right thing and promise
not to support Donald Trump if he’s the nominee.”
The
90-second spot includes statements of support from former Gov. Jeb Bush
(Fla.), Ben Carson and Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul (Ky.) and
Marco Rubio (Fla.).
It
also runs down Trump’s most notable and controversial
statements—including calling some Mexican immigrants “rapists,” chiding
Fox News host Megyn Kelly with an allusion
some took to refer to her menstrual cycle, and his proposal to ban
Muslim immigration.
The ad is part of the group’s $1.5 million buy, announced in October.
Democrats
have stepped up the heat on the comparisons between Trump and his GOP
rivals in light of the real estate mogul’s comments last week on halting
Muslim immigration.
Hillary Clinton penned a blog post days after those comments that linked Trump’s call with the candidates’ past statements.
“Now
some Republican candidates are saying that Donald Trump’s latest
comments have gone too far. But the truth is, many GOP candidates have
also said extreme things about
Muslims.” she wrote.
“Their language may be more veiled than Mr. Trump’s, but their ideas aren’t so different.
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