New Trump ad featuring Mexican cop-killer slammed as 'racist' and 'divisive' by experts

ABC NEWS ^ | November 1, 2018

[SMGFan]

President Donald Trump's latest campaign ad featuring an immigrant who was convicted of killing police officers is being criticized as racist and drawing parallels to another controversial commercial that seemed to play on the same fears 30 years ago.

Luis Bracamontes is a Mexican immigrant who was sentenced to the death penalty in April after being convicted of killing two California sheriff's deputies in 2014. Bracamontes' penchant for curse-laden rants about killing cops got him expelled from the courtroom and earned him a place in one of Trump's campaign ads in January.

Trump's latest ad featuring Bracamontes uses video of him in court with text overlays that say he “killed our people!” and claims that “Democrats let him into our country” and “Democrats let him stay.” That's followed by footage of people who appear to be part of a migrant caravan pushing down gates, along with another immigrant’s interview and his alleged history of attempted murder. Text then appears asking: “Who else would Democrats let in?” The ad offers no evidence for claims that Democrats let Bracamontes, who was deported twice, into the country.

[The Toll]

Yes yes, we know Democrats are EXPERTS at calling everything racist.

[hardspunned]

Bless their bleeding hearts, they just can’t help themselves. Trump’s position and commercial is supported by 65% of voters. Most of these voters would never had heard about the commercial if the media stooges hadn’t started crowing their fake outrage.

Like a violin!

[dan on the right]

Their “Experts” are a bunch of lefties.

Really?

At least quote Al Sharpton; he is the ultimate expert on Racism!

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

When I saw "30 years ago" in the above excerpt, I knew instantly what they were referring to - "The Dreaded Willie Horton ad!"

The MSM, off & on for 30 years has used this to smear GHWB Bush's 1988 campaign for allegedly stoking primal, racial, white-on-black fears with an ad that pointed out that while Dukakis was Gov of MA, his prison furlough program resulted in the freedom of a convicted murderer, Willie Horton, who then went on to rape a woman and knife her husband.

The mere fact that Horton's face & huge afro were shown in the ad was considered sufficient reason to cry RACISM!!

Conveniently ignored by the MSM are the facts that:

• An anti-Dukakis Massachusetts newspaper first made Horton a cause celebre, with hundreds of articles churned out prior to 1988. Nobody accused the newspaper of "RACISM!"
• During the '88 Democrat Primary, Al Gore brought up the issue, and no doubt got some mileage off of it, though not enough to overcome Dukakis' lead. Nobody accused Algor of "RACISM!"

Bottom line: It was fine & dandy for newspapers or Democrat politicians to use Willie Horton as a weapon against Dukakis, but not for a Republican to do that, even an eGOP one, like Bush '41.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

Definition of “expert” = ex + spurt, where “ex” is a Has-Been, and “spurt” is a Drip under pressure.

[Rummyfan]

The ad offers no evidence for claims that Democrats let Bracamontes, who was deported twice, into the country.

Apparently he committed his crimes in California, a self-proclaimed sanctuary state, with a Democrat governor, state senate, and house of representatives. So who let him in ABC? And who wants to let him stay?

[Rummyfan]

Racist and divisive, my tuchis. That’s only to liberals.

Per libs, it's racist to even mention race. Racist to show a video which shows someone, because from that you can tell their race, and that is therefore racist. In fact....

Racist, racist, racist!

It's like the old 'shut up, he argued.'

[Louis Foxwell]

“Experts?” What, precisely, does that mean? They are expert in detecting racism? Does that require special training?

[MAGAthon]

experts when you suit their agenda; conspiracy theorists if you don’t.