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BumRushDaShow

(169,762 posts)
Thu Jun 6, 2024, 08:21 AM Jun 2024

Scoop: DNC billboard tags Trump as "convicted felon"

Source: Axios

4 hours ago



Billboard art targeting former President Trump. Photo: DNC


The Democratic National Committee is escalating its attacks on former President Trump as a "convicted felon," with a billboard that will greet him outside of Phoenix today when he attends his first post-conviction event there, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: It's the DNC's first paid ad using "convicted felon" — and another clear indication that Biden's campaign will seize upon Trump's criminal conviction in framing voters' choice in the Nov. 5 election.

  • "Trump already attacked Arizona's democracy once. Now he's back as a convicted felon. He's out for revenge and retribution," the digital billboard will read. It will run first in English and then in Spanish off of I-17.


  • Zoom out: Republicans aren't disputing that revenge is dominating their thinking — especially since Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts last week. In fact, Trump and the GOP he now controls is broadcasting are broadcasting their plot for retribution.

  • Trump is suggesting he might seek to imprison his political opponents if he wins in November.
  • "It's a terrible, terrible path that they're leading us to, and it's very possible that it's going to have to happen to them," Trump told Newsmax on Tuesday.


  • Many of his allies are going even further — including Charlie Kirk, whose conservative Turning Point Action group is hosting Trump in Phoenix. GOP prosecutors across the country should get "creative" in charging Democrats, he said on X.

  • "Of course [Alvin Bragg] should be — and will be — jailed," Steve Bannon, one of the top voices of the MAGA movement, told Axios, referring to the about the Manhattan district attorney who won the felony case against Trump.
  • In the Senate, Republicans also indicated they's prepared to escalate. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) used emojis on X to say it was time "to fight fire with fire," echoing comments made by Donald Trump Jr.


  • Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/06/06/dnc-billboard-trump-convicted-felon
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    Scoop: DNC billboard tags Trump as "convicted felon" (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 OP
    No Axios! HE "EFFING" IS A CONVICTED FELON!!!! maxrandb Jun 2024 #1
    To be fair I think they were referring to truthisfreedom Jun 2024 #11
    Add the Nikki Haley quote about him being unfit. keithbvadu2 Jun 2024 #2
    Not to mention a long list of his appointees and lawyers Danascot Jun 2024 #3
    He's surrounded by felons. 617Blue Jun 2024 #4
    mega-felon Jean Genie Jun 2024 #5
    I like the "Unhinged and Unfit" PatSeg Jun 2024 #6
    They should blanket the country with this billboard. Martin68 Jun 2024 #7
    And that is the truth. republianmushroom Jun 2024 #8
    "# 1Deplorable" felon. Hillary oasis Jun 2024 #9
    Love the Nazi flag colors used. nt BWdem4life Jun 2024 #10

    maxrandb

    (17,428 posts)
    1. No Axios! HE "EFFING" IS A CONVICTED FELON!!!!
    Thu Jun 6, 2024, 08:42 AM
    Jun 2024

    It's NOT the "DNC" that has "tagged" Donnie Dipshit a "felon"...it was his felonies that have tagged him a felon!

    truthisfreedom

    (23,532 posts)
    11. To be fair I think they were referring to
    Thu Jun 6, 2024, 03:31 PM
    Jun 2024

    The actual printed words on the billboard (well, it’s electronic) that “tag” him as the felon he is.

    Danascot

    (5,232 posts)
    3. Not to mention a long list of his appointees and lawyers
    Thu Jun 6, 2024, 10:37 AM
    Jun 2024

    all republicans, calling him an idiot, a moron and the like.

    Jean Genie

    (544 posts)
    5. mega-felon
    Thu Jun 6, 2024, 10:42 AM
    Jun 2024

    What an absolute creep! Why don't more people "get it?" Thank you, MSM, you're doing a terrific job with your pro-Trump propaganda!

    PatSeg

    (53,214 posts)
    6. I like the "Unhinged and Unfit"
    Thu Jun 6, 2024, 10:54 AM
    Jun 2024

    With the picture of Trump, it says it all. Keeping it simple and to the point. There is only so much a person can absorb passing a billboard. This is perfect.

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