Priorities USA Action with Vote Vets

"Michelle" +

:60 TV ad run in FL, NC, OH, IA, NV, PA, NH, CO and nationally on cable from Aug. 7, 2016

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Michelle DeFord:  A month after 9-11 I got a call from David and he told me he was going into the National Guard.  He was sent to Iraq to be a gunner on a HumVee.

A car pulled up in the driveway and three soldiers got out, and the sound of their boots as they came up those stairs will, will stay with me the rest of my life.

You have moments when you really don't want to live anymore.  It's a fate I would not wish on anybody, not anybody.

When I saw Donald Trump attack another Gold Star mother, I felt such a sense of outrage...

Trump (clip): ...his wife, she was standing there, she had nothing to say, she probably...

Michelle DeFord:  I would like to tell Donald Trump what it feels like.  The sense of emptiness that only losing a child can bring.

People should be honored and treated with kindness for the rest of their life, and I don't think that Donald Trump wlll ever understand that.

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Notes:  The August 7 press release

PRIORITIES USA & VoteVets PAC LAUNCH NEW TELEVISION AD: "Michelle"
 
Features Michelle DeFord, A Gold Star Mother Whose Son David Served In The Military & Was Killed In Iraq In 2004
 
DeFord: “When I Saw Donald Trump Attack Another Gold Star Mother I Felt Such A Sense Of Outrage”
 
New Spot Backed By $5.4 Million Buy, Will Run Statewide In FL, NC, OH, IA, NV, PA, NH, CO & Nationally On MSNBC, CNN, & FOX
 
Priorities USA & VoteVets PAC are releasing a new television ad today titled “Michelle” featuring Michelle DeFord, a Gold Star mother whose son David served in the military and was killed in Iraq in 2004. In the ad, Michelle talks about the pain she felt the day soldiers came to their house to tell her what happened: “the sound of their boots as they came up those stairs will stay with me the rest of my life. You have moments when you really don’t want to live anymore, it’s a fate I would not wish on anybody. Not anybody.”
 
After Donald Trump’s recent repeated attacks on the Khan family, whose son also died in Iraq in 2004, Michelle was outraged: “When I saw Donald Trump attack another Gold Star mother I felt such a sense of outrage…I would like to tell Donald Trump what it feels like, the sense of emptiness that only losing a child can bring. Those people should be honored and treated with kindness for the rest of their life, and I don’t think that Donald Trump will ever understand that.”

“Gold Star families like Michelle’s make an incredible sacrifice for our country and they deserve nothing less than our utmost respect and kindness. As Michelle says, it’s clear from Donald Trump’s outrageous attack on Gold Star families last week that he will never understand that,” said Guy Cecil, Chief Strategist at Priorities USA. “Donald Trump’s total lack of respect for the Khan family represents a new low in his already dangerous and divisive campaign and proves once more just how unfit he is to be President of the United States.”
 
“Donald Trump has still not apologized to the Khans, and still hasn’t shown any remorse for his hurtful comments,” said Jon Soltz, Iraq War Veteran, and Chairman of VoteVets PAC. “That is not acceptable. Trump, and others, may just want to let this issue go and move on, but we will not.  On behalf of Gold Star mothers like Michelle, we cannot.”
 
“Michelle” will run statewide in OH, FL, NC, IA, NV, NH, CO, PA, & nationally on MSNBC, CNN, & FOX.
 


From August 8...

Debuting yesterday on CBS at the top of Face the Nation and also featured on ABC World News Tonight, Priorities launched its latest TV ad “Michelle” yesterday, in partnership with VoteVets PAC. The ad features Michelle DeFord, a Gold Star mother whose son David served in the military and was killed in Iraq in 2004. 

After Donald Trump’s recent repeated attacks on the Khan family, whose son also died in Iraq in 2004, Michelle was outraged: “When I saw Donald Trump attack another Gold Star mother I felt such a sense of outrage…I would like to tell Donald Trump what it feels like, the sense of emptiness that only losing a child can bring. Those people should be honored and treated with kindness for the rest of their life, and I don’t think that Donald Trump will ever understand that.”

The new spot is backed by a $5.4 million buy and will run statewide in FL, NC, OH, IA, NV, PA, NH, CO, & nationally on MSNBC, CNN & FOX.