After anti-Trump Republican groups repeatedly expressed concerns about former President Trump, they continued to criticize famous politicians, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and former Attorney General Bill Barr.
In an ad released Sunday, Republican Voters Against Trump warned that some Republican figures are suffering from “partisan delusion syndrome.”
Set to dramatic music, the ad opens with shots of Barr, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), and McConnell, and a narrator says, “Every day, prominent Republicans across the country say Trump is responsible for the attacks.” Capitol.”
Then Barr, McConnell, and Sununu chimed in, claiming Trump was responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
“But sadly these Republicans say they will vote for him again.” The narrator continues, and three politicians say they will vote for Trump in November.
“These Republicans are suffering from ‘Partisan Derangement Syndrome,’” the narrator says. “At this point in the ad, I’d like to tell you to call this number so I can help these crazy partisan Republicans, but alas, so are they.” “It went far.”
The ad comes less than two weeks after Barr confirmed he would vote for the Republican candidate. Trump is presumed to be the presidential candidate, despite his split from the former president on January 6 and his false claims about the 2020 election.
Barr, who has also criticized President Biden, said earlier this month, “Given two bad choices, I think it’s my duty to pick the one I feel will do the least harm to the country, and in my heart… “I will vote Republican,” he said. ticket.”
Prime Minister Barr added, “President Trump may be playing Russian roulette, but it would be national suicide for the Biden administration to continue.”
A few weeks ago, McConnell endorsed Trump despite ongoing tensions with the former president. At the time, McConnell said it was “clear” that the former president would become the Republican presidential nominee, a position he had previously pledged to support.
The same was true for Sununu, who said in March that he would support Trump as the Republican candidate but stuck by his past criticisms.
“I will support the ticket. I will support Donald Trump, but my focus will definitely be here in the state,” he told WMUR in March.
Sununu resigned after endorsing Trump rival and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley in the Republican primary.
Republican Voters Against Trump, a political group trying to prevent Trump from reclaiming the Oval Office in November, suggested last week that the president’s four criminal indictments would make it impossible for him to even get a job at a local mall. A separate 6-digit advertisement was released.
“If Trump is too big a responsibility to get a job at the local mall, he’s too big a responsibility to be President of the United States,” the narrator says in the video.
Both Trump and Biden have planned a repeat of their 2020 showdown, picking the delegates needed to win their respective party’s nomination in this year’s presidential election.
The race is tight, with Trump winning by less than half a percentage point over Biden, according to a polling average from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ.
The Hill has contacted Trump’s campaign, Barr’s firm, McConnell’s and Sununu’s offices for comment.
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