Thune bucks Trump’s cam­paign-style ‘PSA’ ads for using tax­pay­er mon­ey

Sen­ate Major­i­ty Leader John Thune (R‑SD) joined grow­ing crit­i­cism Mon­day against a tax­pay­er-fund­ed “PSA” cam­paign from the Trump admin­is­tra­tion that includes repur­posed cam­paign mate­ri­als from the 2024 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion.
The lat­est ad, which includes an on-screen dis­claimer that it’s “Paid for by the U.S. Gov­ern­ment,” fea­tures Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump with a voiceover of him vow­ing to “expel the war­mon­gers from our gov­ern­ment” and “cast out the com­mu­nists, Marx­ists, and fas­cists” ahead of the Novem­ber midterm elec­tions.

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