Lincoln Project targets Donald Trump with abortion ad featuring a dying daughter

Source: Florida Politics

October 8, 2024


The Lincoln Project is targeting Donald Trump in a new, emotional abortion rights ad that depicts a dying, pregnant woman pleading to her father to protect her reproductive rights. Within three hours Tuesday morning, the ad had more 26,000 views on YouTube.

“Donald Trump bragged about getting rid of Roe v. Wade, he propped up ultra-conservative lawmakers who’ve inflicted criminal penalties for doctors providing lifesaving treatments. This is not hyperbole, women are dying,” said Lincoln Project Chief of Staff Ryan Wiggins in a statement. “How could you tell your daughter you love her and will have her back always and then cast a vote for Trump and Project 2025?”

The ad, called “Daisy,” begins with a woman saying, “It didn’t need to end this way, dad,” as she dies in the hospital. She then sees flashbacks of her life featuring sports, high school and college. “I could always count on you,” the woman says to her father. “But it turned out he was more important,” she adds, while footage rolls of Trump bragging about appointing conservative Justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

A TV talking head next says, “Each one of those abortion bans includes strict legal rules, rules that are designed to be impossible to comply with. How does a mother who is dying in a hospital bed, get to a courthouse to prove to a Judge that she’s dying?” The ad’s finale is the dying woman saying, “You knew what he’d do. You knew his politics would end my freedom, my rights. You choose hate over me.” The ad comes as abortion plays a major political issue as voters will decide the country’s next President.

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