‘When a President gives up’: GOP group’s devastating ad on Trump’s COVID-19 failures

06/29/2020 10:24 am ET • Joe Romm

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Adding to the string of viral ads that came out over the weekend, Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) spotlighted the President’s abysmal handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The group is a collection of conservatives and former Republicans that cannot support Trump in November. RVAT has been amplifying the voices of those who regret the way they voted in 2016.

They are united in wanting the country to move on from this deeply un-American presidency.

Their newest ad is titled President Trump Has Given Up.

Watch:

#TrumpGaveUp

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The video got the #TrumpGaveUp trending on Twitter.

It’s what Trump does. He’s famous for capitulation and giving up. His six bankruptcy filings are testament to that. So too his divorce papers. And having to give up his fake university and his fake charity.

— Fiji Diver (@DiverFiji) June 25, 2020

Yup you did. @realDonaldTrump

— Baby Groot (@godsmack4ever) June 25, 2020

Did he though?

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Some users aren’t quite sure Trump actually gave up.

Gives up? That assumes he made a good faith effort to prevent the expansion of a pandemic in the first place

— Captn_Booty (@captn_booty) June 25, 2020

Amazing! Only Trump didn’t have to give up, he was never trying! #StayHome Like Trump did during Vietnam! #TrumpIsKillingUs ! pic.twitter.com/nHF9zhYSWM

— Maggie Aliaga-Kelly (@mommasaysobama) June 25, 2020

Yet this implies that he ever did anything in the first place to give up on. He never did one meaningful thing and, in fact, made things worse by stealing PPE from the States. It was always his intention to just let this virus “wash over” US.

— Rachel Piermarini (@RachelPiermari1) June 26, 2020

Bring in Biden

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Since Trump has apparently given up, some people are ready for Biden to go ahead and take over.

He should give up the job he can’t do too and go back to New York and never leave his tower again.

— GF Bales (@Iffoundreturnto) June 26, 2020

Yep he has completely given up. No idea how to lead, no desire to lead, just flat done. Might as well bring Biden and team in now. They can save lives and work on controlling this. Time for real leadership.

— scherni (@jscherni) June 25, 2020

Trump doesn’t understand

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But no one is surprised.

Trump has no idea how ANYTHING works.

— CKLLS (@cklls) June 25, 2020

Does he have a secret plan?

Woman holding a finger to her lips with the words "Don't tell Donald" superimposed

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Some Twitter users have theories of their own:

Here’s a thought, maybe he’s trying to lose.

— AnitaHHH (@AnitaH17883655) June 27, 2020

He has not given up, he knows election is rigged. That voting will be changed. He knows this. He doesn’t have to do anything, so it comes off like giving up.

— Richard Edenfield (@RichardEdenfie1) June 26, 2020

The people are made of stronger stuff

A photograph of the face of the Statue of Liberty.

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The President may have given up, but that doesn’t mean everyone has.

Trump is a failure.
He never had a plan.
He never wears a mask.
Trump gave up
But we won’t

— Cleavon Gilman, MD🌵 (@Cleavon_MD) June 26, 2020