Clinton lets GOP throw the blows in first attack ad against Trump
With Donald Trump emerging as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Democrat leaders are beginning to launch attacks on the real estate mogul as the 2016 campaign shifts into general election mode.
With Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropping out of the race, Trump is the only GOP candidate left standing and Republican leadership is putting their weight behind him now, like it or not.
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So on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, launched an ad aimed directly at Trump, her first major salvo in the general election campaign. But, in a bit of a twist, the ad uses the words of GOP leaders and fellow GOP candidates against Trump, a nice bit of political handiwork in a time when the GOP is trying to pick up the pieces and unify after a brutal primary campaign.
Watch the ad below.
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For his part, Trump was fairly quiet Wednesday, using his Twitter account mainly to promote upcoming television appearances while taking time out to call the Democratic primary rigged against Clinton's opponent, Bernie Sanders.
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Clinton's ad comes on the heels of a series of blistering tweets from Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who blasted Trump Tuesday night to the delight of her supporters.
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In case you were wondering, Election Day is still 187 days away.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
