Trump is condemned for ‘sickening’ election ad that links cop killer Luis Bracamontes to caravan migrants
- Who else would Democrats let in, asks the ad, juxtaposing images of a notorious double murderer alongside members of the so-called migrant caravan
US President Donald Trump faced scathing criticism on Thursday for an advertisement linking Democrats and immigrants to violent crime, with some fellow Republicans blasting it as “sickening” and the most racially divisive political ad in three decades.
“This ad, and your full approval of it, will condemn you and your bigoted legacy forever in the annals of America’s history books,” Al Cardenas, the Florida Republican Party’s former chairman, wrote on Twitter.
The online ad features courtroom footage of Luis Bracamontes – an illegal immigrant from Mexico convicted in the 2014 killings of two police officers in Sacramento, California – saying in accented English he would kill more cops.
The ad cuts between clips of Bracamontes and scenes of migrants from a caravan of up to 3,000 Central Americans headed through southern Mexico en route to the US border.
“Who else would Democrats let in?” asks the ad, which Trump tweeted late on Wednesday. The ad ends with the tag: “President Donald J. Trump and Republicans are making America Safe Again!,” a play on Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.