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Ethics watchdogs are crying “abuse of power” over a 2024 Trump presidential campaign ad that the White House is now running as a government-funded “public service announcement” heading into the midterms.
Trump has run a series of ads lately with the words, “Paid for by the U.S. Government,” but the latest is considered the most egregious, according to The New York Times, because it previously ran as a political ad for Trump’s reelection campaign.
The solemn black-and-white spot features Trump bemoaning the “deep state” and vowing to expel “warmongers” from government.
AdImpact, and analytics firm referenced by the Times, estimated the ad buys for that one spot to be backed by more than $70,000.
“Some ethics experts have argued that the Trump administration is violating federal laws banning the use of taxpayer dollars for propaganda, and the ads have drawn criticism from both parties,” the Times reported.
The report quoted Norm Eisen, former special counsel for Barack Obama, who said, “The president and his administration have gone from breaking the law to trampling it. The prior ad was bad enough, but this one openly repurposes prior political conduct.”
Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, said “the use of federal funds for the ads could be an ‘abuse of power’ and ‘an impeachable offense,’” according to the Times.
“This is very dangerous,” Painter said. “We do not allow government-sponsored propaganda in the United States.”
The old campaign ad aired during “Fox News Sunday,” “Saturday Night Live” and several college and NFL football games shown over the weekend, the report said.
“The White House has defended the ads, saying in a statement it reissued Sunday that the spots are ‘public service announcements’ that are ‘reminding Americans to love their country and understand what makes it worth defending, at home, at our borders, and abroad,’” the report said, adding, “The White House said that there was no ‘call to action’ in the ads.”
“Four Democratic members of Congress, including the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, have demanded that the White House take down the ads and provide information on the cost of producing and running them,” the report said.
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