The ad is a sign of the Democratic Party becoming more combative in addressing Trump’s criminal record.
A billboard knocking Donald Trump as a “convicted white-collar crook” will greet the former president during his first visit as a felon to Sin City, where he will hold a campaign rally on Sunday.
The ad, displayed along an interstate in Las Vegas a few miles from the rally site and paid for by the Democratic National Committee, hits Trump on two levels — as corrupt and criminal — as the party becomes increasingly combative in attacking his criminal and economic record.
“Trump was a disaster for Nevada’s economy. Now he’s back,” reads the billboard — which makes no explicit mention of President Joe Biden. “A convicted white-collar crook. Coddling billionaires, leaving workers behind.”
In a statement, Stephanie Justice, a DNC spokesperson, sought to draw a line between Trump’s criminal conviction in his hush-money trial and what she described as his exploitation of Nevada’s working class to benefit the wealthy.
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