Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s latest ad attempts to label Republican nominee Donald Trump and his supporters as racist.
“The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lof of what he believes, we believe in,” the ad begins with a quote from a Ku Klux Klan member in full dress explaining why he supports Trump. “Donald Trump would be best for the job.”
Then the video cuts to footage of unruly Trump rally attendees, with the words, “These people support Trump because they believe Trump supports them.”
The Clinton campaign uses audio alleged to be from a pro-Trump robocall recording. “I am a farmer and white nationalist. Support Donald Trump.”
former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke also makes an appearance in the ad, saying that, “voting against Donald Trump is really treason to your heritage.”
The video connects Trump with the newly-dubbed “alt-right” in an attempt to say that all of his supporters are white national supremacists.
“The alt-right, which is the sort of dressed-up-in-suits version of the neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements,” The video warns. “If Trump wins, they could be running the country.”
The video is paired with a speech Clinton is expected to make Thursday, in which she will make the case that the amorphous alt-right is the majority of Trump’s support.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway went on CBS Thursday morning to discuss Clinton’s plans. “I’m just confounded that this is what Secretary Clinton is actually going to tell the American people after she’s so scarce. We simply don’t know what somebody who has been in public life for decades would do on issues that Americans tell pollsters … really animate them.”
Conway later added the alt-right isn’t even considered during high-level meetings, “It certainly isn’t part of our strategy meetings. It’s nothing that Mr. Trump says out on the stump.”
The video hosts a link that guides the viewer toward a website designed to get people signed up to vote, paid for by the Democratic National Committee.
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