Former Florida GOP chairman goes nuclear on 'despicable' Trump for new racist ad
BRAD REED
01 NOV 2018 AT 09:42 ET
resident Donald Trumps
new ad portraying immigrants as psychotic killers has drawn widespread condemnation and now the former chairman of the Florida Republican Party is calling him out on it.
Reacting to Trumps ad, former Florida GOP Chairman Al Cardenas condemned the president for launching divisive, bigoted attacks on immigrants.
The ad, which has drawn comparisons to the infamous Willie Horton ad during the 1988 presidential campaign, has similarly been condemned by some other conservatives,
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And as
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