Trump Campaign Slams Progressive VoteVets “Shill Group” Over “False Attacks” Ad Set to Air During NFL Game Sunday
The Trump campaign released a statement Thursday by disabled combat veteran Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) slamming the progressive group VoteVets over an ad the Soros-backed group plans to run in western Pennsylvania TV markets during Sunday’s NFL NFC Championship game between Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers (Fox, 6:30 p.m. EST) Mast called VoteVets a “shill group funded by liberal elites”…”recycling this fake news” of debunked quotes critical of soldiers that were falsely attributed to President Trump.
President Trump with US troops at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, photo by Olivier-Douliery, AFP/Getty Images, November 28, 2019.
The VoteVets ad features three Gold Star parents criticizing Trump, citing the false report he called fallen troops “losers”:
NEW AD: Trump calls our war dead ‘suckers’ and ‘losers.’
But know this—he’s the true loser.