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Democratic House candidate compares Trump to Osama bin Laden. WH calls it "reprehensible."
I saw the ad on TV for the first time last night.
Virginia Politics
Democratic House candidate compares Trump to Osama bin Laden. White House calls it ‘reprehensible.’
By Jenna Portnoy May 31 [link:jenna.portnoy@washpost.com|Email the author]
The White House on Thursday denounced a campaign ad produced by a Democrat seeking the nomination to challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) that compared President Trump to Osama bin Laden.
The ad flashes an image of bin Laden followed by one of the White House as the candidate, Army veteran Dan Helmer, says, “After 9/11, the greatest threat to our democracy lived in a cave; today he lives in the White House.”
Helmer uses the line in nearly every public appearance, but the 30-second spot, slated to air on broadcast television from Thursday until the June 12 primary, provoked a response from the Trump administration.
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Jenna Portnoy covers Virginia, Maryland and D.C. politics for The Washington Post. She previously worked for the Newark Star-Ledger and the Allentown Morning Call, and has been a newspaper reporter since 2001. Follow @jennaportnoy
Democratic House candidate compares Trump to Osama bin Laden. White House calls it ‘reprehensible.’
By Jenna Portnoy May 31 [link:jenna.portnoy@washpost.com|Email the author]
The White House on Thursday denounced a campaign ad produced by a Democrat seeking the nomination to challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) that compared President Trump to Osama bin Laden.
The ad flashes an image of bin Laden followed by one of the White House as the candidate, Army veteran Dan Helmer, says, “After 9/11, the greatest threat to our democracy lived in a cave; today he lives in the White House.”
Helmer uses the line in nearly every public appearance, but the 30-second spot, slated to air on broadcast television from Thursday until the June 12 primary, provoked a response from the Trump administration.
{So? Snip.}
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Jenna Portnoy covers Virginia, Maryland and D.C. politics for The Washington Post. She previously worked for the Newark Star-Ledger and the Allentown Morning Call, and has been a newspaper reporter since 2001. Follow @jennaportnoy
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He is saying it like it is.
And.....if this is reprehensible, then this is what we need more of.
Go get 'em, Dan Helmer!
