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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 12:06 PM Sep 2016

Trump campaign drops new Ted Nugent ad: Hillary “will destroy the freedom that is uniquely American”

In new Trump commercial, odious, ancient rocker warns that Clinton will rip up the Second Amendment

BRENDAN GAUTHIER

The Donald Trump campaign on Sunday dropped its newest ad, featuring one of the Republican presidential nominee’s most divisive endorsers, Ted Nugent. The eight-minute ad, titled “#HEARTLAND4TRUMP,” pays particular attention to gun laws as they relate to hunting.


“The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule,” Nugent’s non-diegetic voice begins around the three-minute mark. “We the people choosing our own pursuit of happiness — that doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world.”

“Hunting, fishing, trapping — we the people own these renewable resources,” he continues, appearing on-screen with a guitar and a cammo button-up. “It’s a way of life — why conservation is the greatest success story in the world, here in America. Hillary Clinton is against all these things. She will destroy the freedom that is uniquely American,” he adds. “Donald Trump will safeguard the things that make America the greatest place in the world.”

As MediaMatters’ Timothy Johnson detailed:

“In 2016 alone, Nugent has promoted anti-Semitic content, used a racial slur against a Latino critic, promoted misogynist reasons why guns are better than women, shared a racist meme advertising the fake moving company ‘2 n—-rs and a stolen truck,’ and smeared Minnesota police shooting victim Philando Castile as a criminal. In 2015, Nugent devoted an entire column to praising the use of the word ‘n—-r,’ even in a racist context.”




http://www.salon.com/2016/09/19/trump-campaign-drops-new-ad-on-hunters-rights-featuring-the-outrageously-offensive-ted-nugent/
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Trump campaign drops new Ted Nugent ad: Hillary “will destroy the freedom that is uniquely American” (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2016 OP
P.R.O.J.E.C.T.I.O.N. Madam45for2923 Sep 2016 #1
Why isn't he dead or in prison? Island Blue Sep 2016 #2
Pass the Skittles there Junior. C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #3
"non-diegetic"??? catnhatnh Sep 2016 #4
Nugent will remind people what Trump is all about. It's all good. anamandujano Sep 2016 #5
Nugent's so relevant! alcibiades_mystery Sep 2016 #6
Nugent will be David Duke's running mate on the GOP ticket in 2020 Rocknrule Sep 2016 #7
An eight minute long viral video. Imperialism Inc. Sep 2016 #8
Ted is everything I'd expect in a Trump supporter. NWCorona Sep 2016 #9
Actually, I'm impressed. I didn't the creep was literate enough Hortensis Sep 2016 #10

Island Blue

(5,815 posts)
2. Why isn't he dead or in prison?
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 12:15 PM
Sep 2016

He promised that he would be if Obama was re-elected four years ago. We're still waiting ...

catnhatnh

(8,976 posts)
4. "non-diegetic"???
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 12:41 PM
Sep 2016

The bastard that wrote that should be manacled to the corpse of William Buckley and the coffin should be resealed and reburied...

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
5. Nugent will remind people what Trump is all about. It's all good.
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 12:42 PM
Sep 2016

“In 2016 alone, Nugent has promoted anti-Semitic content, used a racial slur against a Latino critic, promoted misogynist reasons why guns are better than women, shared a racist meme advertising the fake moving company ‘2 n—-rs and a stolen truck,’ and smeared Minnesota police shooting victim Philando Castile as a criminal. In 2015, Nugent devoted an entire column to praising the use of the word ‘n—-r,’ even in a racist context.”

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
9. Ted is everything I'd expect in a Trump supporter.
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 04:10 PM
Sep 2016

What did Courtney Love say about him again? Didn't he also shit his pants to get out of Vietnam? He's in that basket too!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. Actually, I'm impressed. I didn't the creep was literate enough
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 05:35 PM
Sep 2016

to "devote an entire column" to America's single most offensive word. Hope someone else buys air time for this. Trump campaign's wrong -- this is perfect for them.

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