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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Trade Barbs In New Ads

By Greg Hoadley

From the archive: published Mar 17, 2016, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the frontrunners to face each other in the presidential election, are now aiming fire at each other.

In the last few weeks, Trump has seen fellow Republican hopefuls drop out of the race.

Meanwhile, Clinton continues to hold a steady lead over her lone challenger, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

And so, it is only natural that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are turning their attention away from their intra-party squabbles, and upon each other.

Trump Attacks Clinton

Trump fired the first shot with his 15-second ad against Clinton. It features Russian President Vladimir Putin, then someone with a mask, purportedly from ISIS. These words then appear across the screen: “The Democrats have the perfect answer…”

Which is followed by Hillary Clinton barking like a dog, as she did at a rally a few weeks ago.

The focus is then on Putin laughing, and then this line: “We don’t need to be a punchline.”

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Even though Trump has spoken positively of the Russian president in the past, a Putin spokesperson did not react kindly to his portrayal in the ad, telling CNN, “We are very negative (about such use of the Russian president’s image).”

“It is common knowledge that demonization of Russia — let me put it this way — and everything related with it is regrettably a mandatory attribute of the U.S. election campaign. We always regret this. We would like election processes to proceed without such allusions to our country.”

Hillary’s Turn

Today, Hillary Clinton released her own ad, entitled “Trump Loves Hate.” It is interposed with Clinton making statements about Trump, followed by a quote from the businessman.

For instance, it begins with Clinton saying, “Donald Trump is running a cynical campaign of hate and fear.”

The screen then features Trump at his announcement last summer when he made his controversial statement about Mexicans.

“They’re bringing crime, they’re rapists.”

Clinton is then on screen saying, “He’s encouraging violence and chaos.”

Followed by Trump saying at a rally, “Knock the crap out of them, would you?”

The rest of the ad, which is 1:40 seconds long, features Clinton accusing Trump of the following:

  • Pitting Americans against each other.
  • Want[ing to] round up millions of Latino immigrants and kick them out.
  • Ban all Muslims from the United States.
  • Advocates killing the families of terrorists.

Each of these accusations is back up with a quote from Trump.

Mrs. Clinton then speaks.

“At our best, Americans have rejected demagogues and fearmongers. You don’t make America great by getting rid of everything that made America great in the first place.”

The Clinton ad ends with the words, “Love Trumps Hate” flashing across the screen.

More to Come From Clinton And Trump

With each passing primary, both Clinton and Trump look more and more certain to win their party’s nominations.

According to the Real Clear Politics average of polls, Clinton beats Trump in five of the six most recent head-to-head matches.

Can Trump mount a comeback against Clinton? In this abnormal political season, anything is possible.

But first, both Clinton and Trump need to clinch their nominations, pick their running mates, host their party’s conventions, hold the televised presidential debates, and do lots of campaigning.

This season has proven that nothing is impossible, and the outcome is very uncertain. But one thing is clear: there will be many more ads from Trump and Clinton.

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