Priorities USA Action

"Smart" +

:30 TV ad run in OH, PA, NC, FL, NV, IA, NH and CO from Oct. 3, 2016.

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Clip from first presidential debate...
Clinton:  When he had to turn them over, they showed he didn't pay any federal income tax so...
Trump:  That makes me smart...
Clinton: ...if he's paid zero...

Marly Hittepole, Worthington, OH:  When I saw Donald Trump say that he thought it was smart to get out of paying taxes...I felt like I was being called stupid.

We have schools that need money and roads that need to be fixed and veterans that need help...

Trump:  That makes me smart...

Marly Hittepole, Worthington, OH:  I want a president who's proud of our country, not a president who is proud of getting out of paying taxes.

Male Announcer:  Priorities USA Action Is responsible for the content of this advertising.


Notes:  Separately but on the same theme, Trump's tax avoidance was much in the news following The New York Times' Oct. 1 report.  Priorities USA Action Oct. 3 press release...

PRIORITIES USA LAUNCHES NEW TV AD: “Smart”

When Donald Trump Bragged Paying No Taxes Made Him “Smart,” He Was Calling Everyone Else Who Does Stupid

New Bombshell Report Reveals Trump Likely Paid No Taxes For Two Decades…Nothing For Veterans, Nothing For Education, Nothing For Infrastructure

New Spot To Rotate In With “Dante” & Will Run In OH, PA, NC, FL, NV, IA, NH, & CO

Today, Priorities USA is launching a new TV ad called “Smart,” featuring Marly Hittepole, an Ohio woman who after hearing Donald Trump brag that paying no federal income taxes made him “smart,” felt like she “was being called stupid.” Mary argues that “we have schools that need money and roads that need to be fixes and veterans that need help…I want a president who’s proud of our country, not a president who’s proud of getting out of paying taxes.”

A bombshell report in the New York Times Saturday night revealed “Donald J. Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years.”

“Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes for nearly two decades and bragged that doing so ‘makes [him] smart,’ but hard working people like Marly know what he really meant is everyone else who does pay taxes is stupid, and that he’s better than them. That’s not presidential,” said Justin Barasky, Communications Director at Priorities USA. “Americans deserve a president who is proud of their country, not as Marly says, ‘a president who’s proud of getting out of paying taxes,’ and that’s the kind of guy Donald Trump is; someone who thinks everyone who pays taxes to support our veterans, education, and infrastructure is stupid.”

“Smart” will run  OH, PA, NC, FL, NV, IA, NH, & CO.