Donald Trump's tone deaf '911' campaign ad is a slap in the face to seniors

[Nevilledog]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/03/trumps-911-ad-offensive-seniors-and-misunderstanding-america-column/5550817002/

Facing defections from older white voters, a crucial voting bloc that he needs in order to win a second term in the November election, Trump has unleashed a series of fear-mongering ads. The goal is to scare seniors with apocalyptic visions of what the nation could look like under a Joe Biden presidency.

One of the latest features features an older woman alone at home when an attacker breaks in. She’s unable to reach anyone at 911 in “Joe Biden’s America.”

Fact checkers have rightfully taken on the ad’s false premise of the ad, calling it “nonsense” since Biden is not proposing or supporting anything that would lead to 911 calls not being answered. He also does not support “defunding” the police.

Seniors stereotyped as frail and fearful

But the Trump ad also has another, potentially even more insidious effect. It furthers stereotypes about older Americans — stereotypes that cause real harm.

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[yardwork]

1. Biden and the DNC need to respond to these ads.

A series of these ads, featuring different people, is getting heavy airtime here in North Carolina. Plenty of people think that Biden said that the police should be defunded. The ads make it sound like Biden said this. It's a lie and we need to fight back.

I get annoyed with the DNC when they ignore stuff like this. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away. Hit back hard, Democrats!

[NCDem47]

2. That ad made my blood boil

It was one frame short of showing that woman being raped or having her throat slit. Fear porn at its worst!