Scott Powers
The Stand Up Republic campaign run by two former Republican insiders has come out with another internet video ad blistering President Donald Trump‘s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an ad produced by Florida Republican operative Rick Wilson.
The ad begins with unflattering pictures of Putin and Trump with the declaration, “When America is under threat, we come together,” and concludes with a pitch for people to support the Russian sanctions measure Senate Bill 341, passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. Senate but languishing in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The ad comes from Stand Up Republic, the 501 (c) (4) committee established at the beginning of this year by former conservative independent presidential and vice presidential candidates Evan McMullin and Mindy Finn, who both had longtime ties with the Republican Party. It was produced by Intrepid Media and Wilson, the Republican operative behind last year’s #NotTrump campaign.
As Putin’s picture appears, the text quotes the Washington Post, “An unprecedented and largely successful destabilizing attack on American Democracy,” and the narrator declares, “American intelligence confirms that Russia tried to manipulate our elections, and Putin ordered it.” As Trump’s picture appears, the text reads, “Trump White House Protecting Russia on Sanctions,” as the narrator declares, “President Trump refuses to stand up.”
It then notes the Senate passed SB 341 by a 97-2 vote, as the narrator says, “But Americans are calling for Action.” And then she declares, “It’s the Constitutional duty of House Republicans to defend the nation.”
