Donald Trump Attack Ad Amps Up Conservative Efforts To Throw The Frontrunner Off Track

After months of hand-waving “Donald Trump will go away” statements, attack ads have started to come out in full force against the GOP frontrunner. Part one of series of videos honing in on Donald called “The Trump Tapes” is now making its way around the internet.

But what’s odd about the anti-Donald video is the fact that it’s not tied to Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, or Jeb Bush; in fact, it’s not from any specific candidate at all. It’s message is simply this: Don’t vote Trump.

The negative ads levied against Donald don’t focus on what has turned much of the public away from him: racist and sexist rhetoric. Instead, they seek to paint Trump as a closet Democrat who has enjoyed the friendship of the Clintons and even occasionally made positive comments about President Obama. It begs viewers to ask themselves, “Do you really know Donald?”

The Trump attack ad was paid for by a new super PAC that has recently emerged with the intention of tarnishing Donald until he loses his significant lead in the presidential race. Our Principles is headed by Katie Packer, who was one of the top aids for Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign. Packer has been coy about the purpose of the super PAC, but Politico reports that she has been meeting with major Republican donors to discuss a plan of action against Trump for months.

“Our Principles PAC has focused on conservative principles and ensuring that voters have the necessary information to make a wise decision on Election Day.”

Our Principles is currently focusing its attacks on Donald in Iowa where the candidate is in a close race with Sen. Ted Cruz. As the early primaries and caucuses are pivotal for deciding who will be the eventual nominee, the super PAC is focusing its resources on that state — which will host the first caucus of the election season on Feb. 1. The group spent around $45,000 on pamphlets sent to voters arguing against Trump.

The war against Donald from inside the GOP establishment has gained more traction as it become apparent that the business tycoon won’t be fading away as many had predicted. National Review, one of the most respected conservative publications in the nation, published two editorials titled “Against Trump” late last week that sought to eviscerate Donald.

“Trump is a philosophically unmoored political opportunist who would trash the broad conservative ideological consensus within the GOP in favor of a free-floating populism with strong-man overtones…. Trump’s politics are those of an averagely well-informed businessman… But if you have no familiarity with the relevant details and the levers of power, and no clear principles to guide you, you will, like most tenderfeet, get rolled. Especially if you are, at least by all outward indications, the most poll-obsessed politician in all of American history… His obsession is with ‘winning.'”

National Review ‘s own attack ad against Donald was met with praise from many Republicans who see him as a threat to a 2016 White House win, but that agreement wasn’t universal. The publication also reported that a wave of subscription cancellations, which may leave some to wonder about the difficulty of dethroning Trump just weeks before voting starts.

Do you think attack ads against Donald Trump can change the course of the election?