Post by Logan on Feb 14, 2016 6:21:50 GMT -6
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is getting an assist from a Republican super PAC founded by a top strategist to former President George W. Bush.
American Crossroads is spending about $40,000 on an online advertisement that likens Sanders opponent Hillary Clinton to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump when it comes to immigration policy. The ad is a mashup of brief and selectively edited Clinton and Trump comments, combined in a way to make it seem the two agree on immigration policy — including Trump's call to build a massive wall along the border with Mexico.
In fact, Trump and Clinton share widely divergent positions on immigration. Trump has called for the mass deportation of people living in the country illegally and a temporary ban on Muslims seeking to travel to and visit the United States. Clinton favors creating a pathway to citizenship for people in the U.S. illegally and wants to expand President Barack Obama's efforts to defer the deportation of millions of such people.
The ad shows her apparently endorsing a "barrier" with Mexico, but people in both parties have supported the existing sections of fencing and plans to expand them while opposing Trump's idea of a massive wall aimed at sealing the border completely.
Read more: lasvegassun.com/news/2016/feb/14/republican-group-likens-clinton-to-trump-in-advert/
American Crossroads is spending about $40,000 on an online advertisement that likens Sanders opponent Hillary Clinton to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump when it comes to immigration policy. The ad is a mashup of brief and selectively edited Clinton and Trump comments, combined in a way to make it seem the two agree on immigration policy — including Trump's call to build a massive wall along the border with Mexico.
In fact, Trump and Clinton share widely divergent positions on immigration. Trump has called for the mass deportation of people living in the country illegally and a temporary ban on Muslims seeking to travel to and visit the United States. Clinton favors creating a pathway to citizenship for people in the U.S. illegally and wants to expand President Barack Obama's efforts to defer the deportation of millions of such people.
The ad shows her apparently endorsing a "barrier" with Mexico, but people in both parties have supported the existing sections of fencing and plans to expand them while opposing Trump's idea of a massive wall aimed at sealing the border completely.
Read more: lasvegassun.com/news/2016/feb/14/republican-group-likens-clinton-to-trump-in-advert/