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anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:17 PM Apr 2017

Trump campaign-era "MAGA" t.v. ads are running in my (very red) state. WTF?!! Trump is running

t.v. spots that they used during the campaign, and I live in a VERY red state, a state that he won by a large margin in November. I started noticing the ads a couple of weeks ago -- and I wondered then and now why the hell Trump is running campaign ads in a state he won when we are years away from another election involving Trump. The ads are not about Gorsuch or any supposed Trump plans; they are just plain old campaign ads featuring dudes in MAGA hats.

This seems bizarre to me. I hope it has to do with Trump's dismal approval ratings though why he thinks he needs to run ads in very red states (and this is a red state that has been reliably red for decades -- in no way a swing state) is certainly an interesting detail.

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Trump campaign-era "MAGA" t.v. ads are running in my (very red) state. WTF?!! Trump is running (Original Post) anneboleyn Apr 2017 OP
Maybe he feels as if he has to shore up support. GaYellowDawg Apr 2017 #1
GOP needs GOP Congress to stay unified, that's why these ads. sharedvalues Apr 2017 #6
Gotta keep whipping up the sheep enthusiasm. MAGA!!1! JNelson6563 Apr 2017 #2
It's an effort by the Mercers to bolster trump support. JHan Apr 2017 #3
Bingo Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #13
Mercers are concerned about losing money in their investment. no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #21
GOP needs their base - it's all they have left sharedvalues Apr 2017 #4
Appears that is the Trump Campaign game plan. Wellstone ruled Apr 2017 #9
Yes, great point. They are likely very worried about the midterm and your point makes perfect sense anneboleyn Apr 2017 #19
He needs to feel loved. pangaia Apr 2017 #5
Pumping up the bass in the right wing echo chamber. Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #7
Lmfao! Yeah, no "bass" in this state! The treble goes up to eleven!! anneboleyn Apr 2017 #20
good idea for him. what are dems running? nt msongs Apr 2017 #8
Dems have less money than corporations. Reverse Citizens United! sharedvalues Apr 2017 #26
So shabby, and obvious. Anyone can see right through it. He underestimates people. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2017 #10
Rebekah Mercer recently bought $1 million in ads, Tanuki Apr 2017 #11
The Mercers are dog faced freaks Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #14
One million dollars spread across DC and 10 states Staph Apr 2017 #17
But the ads are cheap campaign ads w/no extra work, and they run in the afternoon/early evening anneboleyn Apr 2017 #23
DC too? sharedvalues Apr 2017 #27
This is a great link -- thank you!! This is very likely the reason behind these ads anneboleyn Apr 2017 #22
This is the reason he filed papers for his candidacy shortly after the inauguration. madinmaryland Apr 2017 #12
So it's a campaign season come early. Meaning no supreme Court justice for him, right? Tiggeroshii Apr 2017 #15
Lol. We wish...their treatment of Garland was outrageous. anneboleyn Apr 2017 #24
Exactly. And he can also start directing funds to all those Trump owned companies that politicaljunkie41910 Apr 2017 #18
Ministry of Propaganda at work... Adrahil Apr 2017 #16
the reality teevee personality is already thinking about next season spanone Apr 2017 #25
Plus, he needs their support if/when it becomes apparent he needs to be impeached. nt Ilsa Apr 2017 #28
desperatly trying to hold his head above water HAB911 Apr 2017 #29

GaYellowDawg

(4,447 posts)
1. Maybe he feels as if he has to shore up support.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:20 PM
Apr 2017

Perhaps he's thinking in terms of not taking anything for granted.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
6. GOP needs GOP Congress to stay unified, that's why these ads.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:24 PM
Apr 2017

So far 85% support amongst Republicans. As long as that stays up GOP can push their agenda in congress supported by gerrymandered/extreme districts that don't need to worry about democratic voters at all.

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
2. Gotta keep whipping up the sheep enthusiasm. MAGA!!1!
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:20 PM
Apr 2017

Just propaganda stuff. Saving a few bucks by just running the same old shit they already had int he can. Shows as much effort and ofresight they put into everything. Idiots.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
4. GOP needs their base - it's all they have left
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:22 PM
Apr 2017

If their base weakens, GOP congressman start getting worried and calling for investigations.

Trump has already lost all Democrats and thinking Americans. GOP base is all that's left, and it's what backstops him in Congress. And the GOP base is right now all in on the president. Ads are meant to keep that up.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
7. Pumping up the bass in the right wing echo chamber.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:25 PM
Apr 2017

Or should I say base.

It's a good investment for the Mercers.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
11. Rebekah Mercer recently bought $1 million in ads,
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:30 PM
Apr 2017

apparently aimed at shoring up her and her dad's investment in Trump's fake presidency.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/99778278/

"Just days after President Trump and House Republicans failed to repeal Obamacare, Trump's supporters on Wednesday launched an advertising campaign to boost his agenda and target a key group of Democratic senators.
Making America Great, a new nonprofit aligned with Trump donor Rebekah Mercer, announced plans to air at least $1 million in television and digital ads. The commercials will run in the nation's capital and 10 states that Trump won last November: Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Florida, Missouri, Indiana and Montana. Democratic senators face re-election next year in all 10 states."....(More at link)

Sculpin Beauregard

(1,046 posts)
14. The Mercers are dog faced freaks
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:42 PM
Apr 2017

(only dogs are cuter) who are obsessed with goat piss. Truly frightening, ghastly monsters who think poor people should die.

Read 'Dark Money' by Jane Mayer for the full story on these ghouls. Wastes of skin who are sociopaths.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
23. But the ads are cheap campaign ads w/no extra work, and they run in the afternoon/early evening
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 11:31 PM
Apr 2017

so I don't think they are that expensive to run (for example the ads show up on the Fox News channel in the afternoon -- this can't be that expensive so the idea that a rabid pro-Trump cpac is behind these ads makes total sense to me)

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
22. This is a great link -- thank you!! This is very likely the reason behind these ads
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 11:17 PM
Apr 2017

This makes a lot of sense, and thank you for posting the link. The ads are paid for by some super PAC, and given their weirdness (they are campaign ads right after the election) this context makes a lot of sense. Everything is so bizarre in Trumpland that the (relative) normalcy of a PAC running ads didn't even cross my mind!

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
12. This is the reason he filed papers for his candidacy shortly after the inauguration.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 06:30 PM
Apr 2017

Now he can start running all sorts of campaign ads for the next four years.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
18. Exactly. And he can also start directing funds to all those Trump owned companies that
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 07:13 PM
Apr 2017

he used during the campaign to furnish "supplies" and "services" in support of the Trump for President 2016 and bilked his stupid base while further lining the family coffers in support of Trump for President 2020. Remember he said that he would be the first to run for president and make money in the process. Well now he's about to become the FIRST to do it TWICE. He knows he's going to be impeached and will not finish out his first term, let alone win a second term; so a con man's gotta do what a con man's gotta do. My only solace in this whole thing is that the GOP party will pay the price when the naked emperor is finally exposed.

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