The Lincoln Project has produced another barn-burning ad Friday that called President Donald Trump “a horrible role model for our children and an embarrassing ambassador for democracy throughout the world,” The Hill [1] reports. He’s a shoddy role model for kids unless of course, you want them to become openly misogynistic, racist, and xenophobic [2] liars. Because that’s who Trump is.
And let me tell you, this new ad by the Lincoln Project, scores a direct hit.
“Donald Trump’s cruelty and callousness is not up for debate,” said the Project’s co-founder, Jennifer Horn, in a statement [3] released with the video. “Time and again he’s shown us who he is: a vindictive narcissist who lacks compassion and empathy for the American people.”
In the new minute-long video, titled “Goodness” we see a son telling his mother about his homework — in which he is required to write about “what I want to be when I grow up.”
“Maybe you just want to be a good person,” Mom replies.
But then the son says it needs to be a “job” that “you get paid for” so the mother suggests several positions, including one as U.S. President.
“You would be a very good president,” mom says. “You would have to be a good person first.”
Right about then the video cuts to an image of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as a voice says “It’s time for decency.”
In the press release, Horn lists a number of statements Trump has made and argues a president must be “a leader, have integrity and intelligence, act decisively, practice accountability, and empower others, but perhaps most importantly: our president must be a good person.”
I don’t remember Trump doing any of these things, or being a good person, do you?
Horn continues:
“Whether he’s defending white supremacists as ‘very fine people,’ calling women ‘disgusting’ or ‘fat pigs,’ or insulting the intelligence of well-respected Black leaders by calling them ‘dumb’ or ‘low-IQ,’ it’s clear that Trump’s stunted emotional growth has left us with a schoolyard bully for a president.”
This video is just the latest in the Lincoln Project’s well-coordinated efforts to (hopefully) remove Trump from office. George Conway, who’s also a co-founder of the project, tweeted on the anniversary of 9/11 that he considers Trump “the greatest threat to the security and safety of Americans.”
On this 9/11, the greatest threat to the safety and security of Americans is the President of the United States.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) September 11, 2020 [4]
Here’s the brand new ad below. Kudos to the Lincoln Project for doing this.