From Tommy Christopher:
The Trump administration has officially endorsed the notion that Democrats are accessories to murder.
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign released an ad this weekend depicting undocumented immigrants as criminals, and accusing Democrats of being “complicit” in “all murders by illegal immigrants” — a desperate attempt to salvage the failed messaging strategy on the Trump shutdown.
The ad has been widely criticized, albeit mildly by the likes of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), who called the ad “not productive.”
But veteran Republican pundit Jennifer Rubin pulled no punches on Sunday’s “AM Joy” show, calling the ad a “parade of lies and racism,” and adding that it indicates “the Republican Party has now been reduced to a single issue, which is race and xenophobia.”
Even Trump administration official Marc Short tried to distance the White House from the ad, saying it was made by an “outside group,” despite Trump’s own voice at the end of the ad saying he approved the message.
But by Monday morning, the Trump White House was ready to embrace the despicable ad.