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In reply to the discussion: Trump has sent a cease and desist letter over this ad. [View all]scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)50. I don't see how the Trump campaign has a leg to stand on here.
I read the lawyer's letter - and it's his re-election campaign lawyer, not a White House lawyer - and the entire complaint is predicated on notion that the Priorities USA ad is implying that Trump called the Coronavirus "a hoax."
But, in fact, the ad doesn't do that. Both the voiceover of Trump making the statement, and the words appearing on the screen in sync with the voiceover, say "this is their new hoax" - "their" being the Democrats and news media to which Trump was referring.
Had it been manipulated to just say "a hoax", the lawyer might possibly have a point. But there's a "their" there, which covers the original context.
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Why not , they are blocking Bolton book, they might as well end the freedom of the
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#1
I guess it was just a quaint notion we naïvely hung our hat on a million years ago
Brother Buzz
Mar 2020
#40
"the Democrat's politicization"? How embarrassing that he can't even find a literate lawyer
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2020
#11
Multiple groups should create their own variant of the ad and air it in every state.
Grokenstein
Mar 2020
#23
Cue Alan Dershowitz for a lame it's okay if Trump crushes the 1st Amendment excuse
Submariner
Mar 2020
#24
First of all, whoever wrote that letter needs to learn the correct use of the apostrophe.
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2020
#37
Powerful ad, using his own words. The upward increasing arc is especially effective.
yonder
Mar 2020
#38