‘Shining City on a Hill’ ad targets voters who feel left behind by the current GOP

07/08/2020 11:00 am ET • Dara Brewton

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Republican Voters Against Trump has released another devastating ad aimed at those Republican voters who feel the GOP has left them behind.

The video bounces between Reagan’s words and footage of the current situation in America. Flitting between images of the long lines at a food bank, unemployment statistics, and the gross mistreatment of peaceful protestors, the anti-Trump ad is speaking to conservatives in the hope they will turn away from the chaos that is the Trump administration.

It ends with the question, “Has your party left you?”

WATCH:

Highly effective

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There were plenty of Twitter users that aren’t too fond of former President Reagan or his policies, but they could all agree on one thing, the ad is very effective. The message should hit home with the target audience: Republican voters who feel left behind.

There ya go. Felt that shade from here. It’s a highly effective ad, which doesn’t mean it’s righteous — just means it’s effective.

— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) July 8, 2020

It’s a good one. Republicans still idolize him, so this should make an impact.

— Aimee “Wear a Mask” (@Alt_Aimee) July 8, 2020

Some felt left behind even before Trump

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This ad brought out a few Republican voter confessions. For some, Trump wasn’t the turning point, their exodus from the GOP came earlier.

They left me in 2008 when they pledged to make Obama a one term president. I didnt even vote for him that year, but their behavior from that point sent me straight ticket D ever since. They have to go, all of them.

— skysister (@skytigerdb) July 7, 2020

Obama was my first Dem vote ever. Voted solid GOP at every level of gov since 84. The GOP losing their sh1t over a black president and their devotion to Trump no matter what he’s done means I’ll never trust them again.

— John Jensen (@TiredGeek) July 7, 2020

Grand Old Party

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Time has changed many things.

The “Grand Old Party” was the Party of the Union, the Party that won the Civil War and freed the slaves. That is where “GOP” comes from. It was the Party of Lincoln. Today, the GOP is no longer even the Party of Reagan, let alone Lincoln. It is now the Neo-Confederate Party.

— Pierre Atlas (@PierreAtlas) July 7, 2020

Establishment democrats will gain support from republicans who fit the bill you just described and progressive liberals will push the left even farther to ultimately shift American ideology as a whole. It would align us more with what’s common across the world ideologically.

— derek butler (@dbutleravo) July 7, 2020

A candidate for everyone

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Twitter users agree on one thing: Biden can be the candidate for everyone.

Democrats have chosen a candidate for all of us

Ask everyone you encounter, “Will you please vote for Joe Biden so we can put the chaos of Trump behind us?” #NoVoteLeftBehind pic.twitter.com/0IZEafIxQt

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) July 7, 2020