Trump Turned His Campaign Attack Ad into a Taxpayer-Funded PSA
Next time someone says the federal government wastes money, show them the bill for Donald Trump's campaign reruns.
Imagine sitting down to watch some football, and suddenly a dramatic black-and-white commercial starts playing. A candidate walks down a hallway in slow motion, railing against globalists, Marxists, and the "sick political class." Except instead of the usual campaign disclaimer asking for ten bucks at the end, the screen reads: "Paid for by the U.S. Government."
The White House took an old 2024 campaign attack ad, slapped an official disclaimer on it, and spent over $300,000 in public money to air it during prime-time slots like NFL games and SNL.
Ethics experts immediately noted that spending taxpayer funds on blatant political propaganda is flat-out illegal under federal law. The administration's official defense? They claim it is an "epic Public Service Announcement" designed to remind citizens why their country is worth defending.
Running partisan attack ads on the public dime is a special kind of audacity: forcing taxpayers to finance their own lecture.
Source: The Washington Post
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