Dennis Quaid: Randy, Hold My Beer! Star in Trump's $300 million ad campaign on COVID 'despair'

[TheBlackAdder]

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Americans should expect to see more of actor Dennis Quaid during television commercial breaks, according to a new report by Politico.

“The health department is moving quickly on a highly unusual advertising campaign to ‘defeat despair’ about the coronavirus, a $300 million-plus effort that was shaped by a political appointee close to President Donald Trump and executed in part by close allies of the official, using taxpayer funds,” Politico’s Dan Diamond reported Friday.

“The ad blitz, described in some budget documents as the “Covid-19 immediate surge public advertising and awareness campaign,” is expected to lean heavily on video interviews between administration officials and celebrities, who will discuss aspects of the coronavirus outbreak and address the Trump administration’s response to the crisis,” Politico explained, citing “six individuals with knowledge of the campaign.”

“Senior administration officials have already recorded interviews with celebrities like actor Dennis Quaid and singer CeCe Winans, and the Health and Human Services Department also has pursued television host Dr. Mehmet Oz and musician Garth Brooks for roles in the campaign,” Politoc noted. “The public awareness campaign, which HHS is seeking to start airing before Election Day on Nov. 3, was largely conceived and organized by Michael Caputo, the health department’s top spokesperson who took medical leave last week and announced on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with cancer.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/dennis-quaid-to-star-in-trumps-300-million-ad-campaign-against-despair-report/

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[Iliyah]

1. Ihope that is not taxpayers money . . .

[WhiteTara]

7. Hopes dashed. nt

[BlueNProud]

2. He's running $300 million worth of campaign ads and we're paying for it.

[uponit7771]

18. Yep, this is how they're making up for the shortfall in funds

[BlueNProud]

19. Bingo*

[napi21]

3. I don't care how great the ad is, if the virus infections & deaths keep rising at the current rate,

IT WON'T WORK! Seeing info on TV is one thing, but when Grannie, auntie, hubby & teens keep falling ill, being "long-haulers" & kidskeep having their schools shut down, What do YOU think ppeople are going to believe?

[rzemanfl]

4. So we are paying for the Orange Anus's campaign advertising?

Fuck, all these people belong in prison.

[marble falls]

5. I kinda expected better than this from Quaid. I guess Randy isn't the only whackadoo Quade.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. Yeah (Edited)

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I did too. And Garth Brooks too. I thought he was a Democrat.

Edit: Garth hasn't agreed to do this per the article. I misunderstood.

[marble falls]

10. Garth Brooks? I though he was a reasonable human being. Hell with 'im.

[xmas74]

14. The article says they pursued Brooks and Dr. Oz.

It doesn't say either agreed.

They can claim to be in talks with them and have nothing pan out.

[MustLoveBeagles]

16. This is true

I've edited my post.

[ooky]

6. How does he get to steal this money?

Is there anyway to block him. Any kind of action the House can take, or any lawsuits?

[Cha]

8. Fuck Dennis Maggot Quaid & all those who

are too GD Stupid to NOT support the Treasonous Murdering ASSFACE.

They can ROT in HELL.. Stupid POS.

[msongs]

11. so garth brooks is gonna endorse trump and tell us coronavirus is a hoax?

[MustLoveBeagles]

12. I may've jumped the gun.

It sounds like they've only approached him to do this. It didn't say that he's doing it. My bad.

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. No they are trying to get Brooks to appear in PSA's (not campaign videos) about COVID

Looks like a “don’t worry, be happy” kind of campaign.

[FakeNoose]

13. How many masks could they have bought for $300M?

What a waste of taxpayer money!

Besides that, Michael Caputo has been diagnosed with brain cancer that started out as throat cancer a while ago. Just sayin'

[Roland99]

17. Remember the recent story that the USPS was going to send all Americans 5 masks??

But they end up spending on PR???

[Mersky]

20. "CDC hasn't yet done an awareness campaign about Covid guidelines, but they are going to pay for...

"CDC hasn’t yet done an awareness campaign about Covid guidelines — but they are going to pay for a campaign about how to get rid of our despair? Run by political appointees in the press shop? Right before an election?" said Josh Peck, a former HHS official who oversaw the Obama administration's advertising campaign for HealthCare.gov.

"It’s like every red flag I could dream of," Peck added.

— from the underlying reporting at Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/25/trump-hhs-ads-coronavirus-421957

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$300M is a huge amount to pull from the CDC, etc at this time. Has got to be a record amount put towards any such effort. We all know these aren’t aren’t gonna be PSAs, but rather a way to reward cronies and fluff up his campaign that’s running short on funds. I want to see all the receipts from this ruse.

[BootinUp]

21. kind of depressing...shows how different actors

can be from one's preconceptions. Both of them seemed too smart to fall for the propaganda, so i have to assume they have ulterior motives and are buying political favors.

[Gothmog]

22. Dennis Quaid is dead to me

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