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Dave in VA
(2,035 posts)SpaceNeedle
(191 posts)well done ad
Blue Owl
(50,259 posts)JHB
(37,154 posts)Who are these guys?
Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, and Jordan Meiselas.
Basically, Colin Kaepernick's lawyer and his two brothers, one of whom is an award-winning video editor (including for Ellen DeGeneres' show) and the other's a marketing guy.
https://meidastouch.com/about/
The Race To Go Viral: Three Brothers Anti-Donald Trump Videos Draw Millions Of Views
By Ted Johnson
Ted Johnson | June 12, 2020 7:25am
A day after Ivanka Trump posted an online commencement address that was scrapped by a Kansas university, a different version appeared on Twitter that also generated a great deal of attention.
It was a spot that, among other things, interspersed her words with scenes of cops firing smoke canisters and pepper balls to clear out Washington D.C.s Lafayette Square and soldiers occupying the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. From the group MeidasTouch.com, the video, with a hashtag of #ByeIvanka, generated more than 6.5 million views.
MeidasTouch.com is a new political action committee that is the brainchild of three brothers who believe that they have hit on a formula for drawing attention: Using Donald Trumps words against him, or those of his family.
There is a thematic piece that goes throughout the videos we use real pictures and real imagery and juxtapose them with their words, said Ben Meiselas, a partner at Geragos & Geragos who represented Colin Kaepernicks lawsuit and settlement with the NFL. Also spearheading the videos are his brother Brett, who served as head of digital post-production on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Jordan, who works in marketing and advertising in New York.
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Paywalled, so I haven't seen the full thing either, but for those who can:
https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/with-meidastouch-3-brothers-are-creating-visceral-ads-by-using-trumps-words-against-him/
Exclusive: An attorney for Kaepernick, an editor for Ellen and an agency pro are generating views by the millions
By
David Griner | June 1, 2020
Some of 2020s most viral political ads have come from a liberal organization called MeidasTouch, and if youd never heard of the group before the past few weeks, theres a good reason: they didnt exist yet.
demmiblue
(36,823 posts)Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)Phoenix61
(16,993 posts)Twitlers already blaming him this will just give him more of a reason to be angry with him. And gee, its really all Ivankas fault for bringing the little weasel into the family.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)coming, let's get trump to flip out.
NBachers
(17,081 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,655 posts)"a defective sex doll"?
Ivanka's kids only have a single line of DNA?
That's not nice.
Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)Jeez, what a public speaker
keithbvadu2
(36,655 posts)Trump's fellow 'nationalist' speaks out about Ivanka and Jared.
Rally co-organizer says he's disgusted to see Ivanka with Jew Jared
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4795848/Rally-organizer-President-let-Jew-steal-daughter.html
'The president let a Jew steal his daughter': White nationalist Charlottesville rally co-organizer says he's disgusted to see Jared Kushner with Ivanka.
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It is America's right wing that will hammer Jared as a Jew when he is no longer a useful tool.
Trump had to tell Breitbart to quit knocking Jared as a Jew.
Bannon is not a fan of Jared.
NNadir
(33,470 posts)PatSeg
(47,260 posts)So much material to work with.