The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump GOP group, released a new ad Tuesday attacking President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak by highlighting the pandemic’s death toll and tying it to his signature border wall proposal.
The group’s latest ad paints a dark portrait of Trump’s border wall concept, portraying 175,000 caskets from COVID-19 fatalities lined up to form the wall structure.
The group released the minutelong ad, dubbed “The Wall,” about an hour before the start of the second night of the Republican National Convention, which is seeking to gin up enthusiasm for Trump’s reelection bid.
The digital spot begins with text on a black screen saying that “America now leads the world in COVID deaths” followed by more text that reads, “More than 175,000 Americans are dead.”
The advertisement designates those who have died from the disease as “friends & colleagues” and “sisters, brothers, mothers & fathers” as a picture of the U.S.-Mexico border appears behind.
The spot then calculates how far 175,000 physical bodies lined “end to end” would go, saying they would “span” more than 182 miles. It then claims “Trump is building his wall” before adding that it’s “just not the one he promised.”
An illustration of caskets lined up at the border then appears, overlaid by the declaration “Trump’s wall **paid for with 175,000+ American lives**.”
Reed Galen, a co-founder of The Lincoln Project, said in a statement that “While Trump spends the week obsessing over RNC coverage, many Americans will be planning funerals, saying virtual ‘last goodbyes’ to sick loved ones, and worrying whether or not they’ll catch COVID at work.”
“It’s reprehensible, and we won’t let him pretend this isn’t happening,” he added.
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WATCH: Lincoln Project ad depicts 175,000 caskets as "Trump's wall" https://t.co/yCDhNxAmwA pic.twitter.com/W3otYpc9od
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