Donald Trump’s campaign just rolled out a new multimillion-dollar ad campaign that blasts Kamala Harris on immigration. Oddly, it does so in part by mocking her dancing. That might seem like typical MAGA buffoonery. But underlying the link that the ad draws between Harris’s dancing and her handling of immigration is a bigger argument that demands a serious Democratic response. We talked to Douglas Rivlin, a senior official at the advocacy group America’s Voice who has deep experience on the immigration issue, about the darker subtext of Trump’s messaging—and how to counter it. Listen to this episode here.
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Trump’s Ugly, Hateful TV Ad Mocking Harris’s Dancing Demands an Answer
As Trump launches millions in ads falsely smearing Harris as a failed “border czar,” a longtime tracker of right-wing messaging on immigration shines light on the new Trump attack’s vile subtext.
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Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C., on July 22