With just one week left to go before official election day and things looking good for Donald Trump, at least right now, Democrats are panicking and desperate, and we know what they say about desperate people doing desperate things. They are losing support among some traditionally key demographics like black and Hispanic voters. Kamala Harris' surrogates are not having much luck convincing those voters to vote for her. Now, a pro-Harris Super PAC thinks they might have the answer. If finger-wagging and reprimands aren't working, let's try veiled intimidation.
I just got served this ad on YouTube from a pro-Harris PAC, and it is *extremely* creepy. Borderline threatening. What the hell is this? https://t.co/pkDFR5lO23
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 25, 2024
The Super PAC, Future Forward, has launched two new television ads aimed at large, predominantly black urban areas like Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. The ads appear purposefully deceptive and have a kind of weird and thinly veiled "ministry of truth" vibe to them that warns, "your voting history is public and accessible to "friends, family, and neighbors.'" The ads go on to state that if someone has voted, that information is public and accessible.
The first ad opens with a black-and-white screen with a seal of something called "National Voter Report" that is reminiscent of McCarthy-era tactics. Underneath the seal is a warning, "Election Alert." An authoritative voice declares, “who you vote for is secret,” but “whether you vote is public information. Your friends, family, and neighbors can look up your voting records." The ad goes on to say, "After this election, your voter record will be updated." While the ad does state who someone votes for is private, that nugget of information tends to get lost in the whole "your friends, family, and neighbors can look up your voting records" statement. It could be an ad potentially intimidating to senior citizens as well.
Perhaps thinking they may have come on a bit too strong...or obvious, the second ad is less aggressive, it is animated, and the voice is a friendlier one but carries the same message. Anyone can find out if you voted or when you voted in the 2024 election cycle, and that may have some social backlash for you in your community.
Umm… I just saw a Future Forward USA (Dem) ad saying that people should remember that while their vote in the booth is private… it will become public information after the election and that “your friends and family will know how you voted.”
— Christopher Croom (@CNCPHD) October 24, 2024
I’m sorry… is that a threat??…
X users wasted no time in calling the ads exactly what they are. One user described them as "extremely creepy" and "borderline threatening." Another user immediately saw the "not-so-veiled threat," and still another summed up the ad campaign as “We are at the stage of the election where Dems are running ads threatening to name and publicly shame their low-propensity voters."
The Harris campaign's outreach to black voters, particularly black men, has not gone well. While campaigning for Harris in Pittsburgh, former President Barack Obama thought it would be a good idea to scold black men for not blindly supporting Harris. Needless to say, it did not go over well. That could be part of the reason a recent New York Times/Siena College poll shows Kamala Harris with just 78 percent support from all black voters, with Donald Trump at 15 percent. Among black men, Harris has just 70 percent support, with Trump at 20 percent. Trump could be on track to garner the largest percentage of black voters for the GOP since the 1960s.
Future Forward has been a major player in donating to Kamala Harris and other Democrat candidates. Its donors are a who's who of progressive billionaires like George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. It is Harris' top Super PAC, receiving a nine million dollar donation in August from funds connected to the League of Conservation Voters and another three million from Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.
A week out from the election is not a good time to not have a core voting bloc shored up. Kamala Harris might be reduced to that old tried and true Democrat method of offering up cigarettes and walkin'-around money.
We are at the stage of the election where Dems are running ads threatening to name and publicly shame their low-propensity voters https://t.co/hJwOQBQn2n pic.twitter.com/rtgOMZGRMm
— Mystery Grove Movie List Co. (@MysteryGrove) October 25, 2024
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