JUST IN: Our new report “G.O.P. Ad Wars in 2020: Divisive, Anti-immigrant and Racist” analyzes thousands of 2020 campaign ads aired by Republicans and Republican-allied groups that attack immigrants, stoke xenophobia and inflame racism
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“Over the last 5 years, Donald Trump blew racist dog-whistles in his speeches & in his campaign ads, while most of his GOP loudly joined the chorus. Our ad tracking found racist, anti-immigrant advertising was present in Republican ads up and down the ballot.” - @ZacharyAMueller
“These divisive messages largely backfired. After a half-century of their potent use, a declining efficacy of the Republicans’ dog-whistle strategy is a profound and positive development.” - @ZacharyAMueller
“Immigrant-bashing as a wedge strategy is losing its edge. Meanwhile, those who funded these ads should take a serious look at what they've been paying to broadcast.” - @ZacharyAMueller
“From his first day of campaigning in 2015 to the last day of campaigning in the Georgia run-offs, Trump’s GOP has weaponized xenophobia, white grievance and white supremacy in service of power and plutocracy.” - @FrankSharry
“The good news is that this ugly dog-whistle strategy is losing steam. A multiracial, multiethnic and multigenerational majority of Americans reject this Republican wedge strategy.” - @FrankSharry
“The tectonic plates are shifting, the fear mongering works with a smaller slice of the electorate, and if the modern GOP won’t change, those brand name corporations who fund their campaigns should.” - @FrankSharry
Check out the full report here: bit.ly/3bEXlbF
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