The ad apparently infuriated the president.
President Donald Trump late Monday lashed out against a cadre of prominent conservatives seeking to thwart his reelection bid, a group that includes attorney George Conway — the husband of White House adviser, Kellyanne Conway.
The president’s multi-tweet screed came in response to the latest anti-Trump advertisement released earlier Monday by The Lincoln Project, the super PAC launched last December by George Conway and a handful of other disaffected Republicans and former party members.
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“A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago, then again 8 years ago, and then got BADLY beaten by me, a political first timer, 4 years ago, have copied (no imagination) the concept of an ad from Ronald Reagan, ‘Morning in America’, doing everything possible to get even for all of their many failures,” Trump wrote online just before midnight on Monday.
“You see, these loser types don’t care about 252 new Federal Judges, 2 great Supreme Court Justices, a rebuilt military, a protected 2nd Amendment, biggest EVER Tax & Regulation cuts, and much more,” the president continued.
Trump went on to assert that he “didn’t use any” of the group’s founders or affiliated advisers in his own presidential campaigns “because they don’t know how to win,” and argued that “their so-called Lincoln Project is a disgrace to Honest Abe.”
“I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad,” Trump wrote of George Conway.
Trump also targeted political strategists John Weaver, who the president said “lost big” advising former Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s 2016 White House bid; “Crazed” Rick Wilson, who “lost for Evan ‘McMuffin’ McMullin,” a 2016 independent presidential candidate; and Steve Schmidt and Reed Galen, who both advised former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
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“They’re all LOSERS, but Abe Lincoln, Republican, is all smiles!” Trump concluded.
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A new anti-Trump ad from the super PAC launched by George Conway has apparently infuriated the president https://t.co/XoxGzBkPRk
— POLITICO (@politico) May 5, 2020
This is the ad that has @realDonaldTrump fuming, so whatever you do, don't retweet it. https://t.co/qFQaegQbwA
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) May 5, 2020
Dear Mr. President:
My friend @WindsorMann, who gave me the idea that we do a “Mourning in America” (not “Morning”) ad, is sad you didn’t rage-tweet at him. Could you take a moment from your busy day of abject self-pity to attack him? Many thanks.
Love,
Your friend,
Moonface https://t.co/FUZr78PfIO pic.twitter.com/V5z2Wr0emO— George Conway, Noble Committee Chair (@gtconway3d) May 5, 2020
When you call people “crazed” and “deranged” as you rant tweet about them about 1 AM, it’s possible you’re projecting. https://t.co/UVpLbgF6QX
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) May 5, 2020
this is the ad that has @realDonaldTrump unhinged this morning rage tweeting. He'll get even crazier when someone explains the difference between morning and mourning. Whatever you do, don't retweet, his head might explode. https://t.co/UPbsc5Nq3T
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 5, 2020
I'm only a senior adviser to @ProjectLincoln, so I didn't get a cool nickname like @gtconway3d did. Also, I slept pretty well last night. https://t.co/C1hl0Mj5pk
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 5, 2020
Free question for any reporter at the next White House briefing: "Mr. President, are you familiar with the Streisand Effect?" https://t.co/b8j3kbgmhY
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 5, 2020
George Conway group blasts Trump over "childish insults" https://t.co/dqfUqLcAzM pic.twitter.com/Emi6hNZz0f
— The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2020
“Trump made his displeasure known and reminded the world he’s losing sleep over the work of The Lincoln Project,” the statement from the The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump organization mostly made up of GOP strategists and consultants, stated.Why yes…yes we did. https://t.co/5z46LB2Rdu
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 5, 2020
@ me, coward. 😂 https://t.co/MDNksLDR6J
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 5, 2020“Crazed” 😂😂😂
But which one of us was up uncontrollably rage tweeting at 1 in the morning?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 5, 2020
Congratulations to my friends at @ProjectLincoln for provoking this 1:00 am Trump tweet storm! The thought of Trump up late, stewing about their ad and muttering to himself, then calling and waking a staffer to get their names and bios for his tweets, cheered me up this morning. https://t.co/eiT9TE5knP
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 5, 2020
I guess when your team does an ad that gets over 4 million views in less than a day and rattles the president so badly he stays up all night rage tweeting… pic.twitter.com/Rt5334Ruu2
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 5, 2020
Hard to say when you look smaller, Mr. President @realDonaldTrump …when you are sitting on your little stool in front of the magnificent Lincoln monument, or right here, at 1:00 in the morning, tapping away on your phone …. https://t.co/f8OxNaigCe
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 5, 2020Shhhhh, Mr. President, it's late. TIme fot bed there, little guy. @realDonaldTrump We can talk about it in the morning. Off to bed now. https://t.co/NufB4DJOzM
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 5, 2020
Tired this morning @realDonaldTrump ? The @ProjectLincoln shouldn't keep you up at the night but the deaths of thousands of Americans should haunt you. Enjoy the long flight to AZ, which you're going to lose to @JoeBiden & where your enabler @SenMcSallyAZ will be out too. https://t.co/geZJqiLE4w
— John Weaver (@jwgop) May 5, 2020
Apparently? 😂 https://t.co/gwC0URljvE
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 5, 2020
When you totally own your critics by giving them exactly what they want https://t.co/S6R0VqgdXY
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) May 5, 2020
Still mad ten hours later. https://t.co/w0HOgVTyLz
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 5, 2020
President Trump: "Kellyanne must've done a big number on him — George Conway." pic.twitter.com/uGUQeSvfr3
— The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2020
President Trump: "George Conway — you take a look at him, just take a look at that guy. The man's a stone-cold loser." pic.twitter.com/mdfcv5yWOV
— The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2020Trump is scared. “His” economy is going south and may not recover by November. he has handled this virus outbreak poorly — actually, he didn’t handle it at all. Just a lot of hot air, phony fights with the media and still carrying on about the impeachment. On a daily basis, Trump looks for enemies, real and imagined because they are something to distract the faithful from the appalling job he is doing as president. Today, Mr. Conway is that enemy.
A loser? No, Donnie. Mr. Conway just has your number and you can’t stand the fact that he won’t ignore your shortcomings and bow down to worship you. Not sure who Mr. Conway and his group favor in November, but I give those guys credit for speaking out, possibly at great personal risk. The voters must be told that Trump is an empty suit — a liar, cheat and incompetent, among other things — and this country may not survive another four years of his madness.
Standing on a tarmac for nearly two minutes losing his sh*t about "losers", and especially that @gtconway3d guy. https://t.co/Ri6movOw64
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 5, 2020
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