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Title: Trump Super PAC launches ad campaign targeting the Amish
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PennLive
URL Source: http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/0 ... tml#incart_most-commented_news
Published: Jul 16, 2016
Author: Colin Deppen
Post Date: 2016-07-16 08:15:54 by Willie Green
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Views: 669
Comments: 2
A Super PAC with ties to Donald Trump has launched a print ad campaign targeting Amish voters in places like Pennsylvania, where the mobilization of conservative balloters could make a difference in a close race come November. The ad, featuring a large photo of Trump in his office, emphasizes Trump's lack of political experience as an asset, his work ethic, his success as a businessman — a fact likely to resonate with the Amish, many of whom own and operate their own — and his family ties and his willingness to appoint a conservative supreme court justice able to defend pro-life principles. Also highlighted is Trump's personal distaste for alcohol — "I see what it does to people when they lose control, and a lot of times they lose control," he once said. The ads fail to mention, however, that Trump has owned both brands of vodka and of wine, along with a winery. Amish experts have also questioned whether the Amish will get behind the ostentatious and braggadocios thrice-married billionaire, calling his values and persona out of sync with Amish values of humility and no-frills living. The Trump "Amish" Super PAC's newspaper ads will run weekly in two Ohio-based papers, The Budget and the Holmes County Hub Shopper, LancasterOnline reports. The Budget's circulation includes readers in Lancaster County, the website says. In addition to the print ads, the PAC is preparing to launch a billboard campaign targeting Amish communities in those areas. The "Amish PAC," or Plain Voters Project as it's called, reportedly expects to spend $41,000 on newspaper ads and billboards in the lead up to the election and will focus heavily on Amish strongholds like Lancaster County and Amish communities elsewhere in Pennsylvania and Ohio, both key swing states. This year, the race between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is particularly close, according to recent and often conflicting polling data. This has led political activists and operatives to look to the Amish as a reliable source of conservative voters who may be willing to vote Republican in November. It's not the first time either. Read the link below for a fuller version of the Amish vote's strange and scattered history as it enters the era of Trump, and of the controversial Amish role in George W. Bush's reelection strategy and campaign in 2004. Clarification: Trump's Amish Super PAC, while acting in his name or on his behalf, isn't necessarily directly tied to the candidate or his campaign.
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
I read the headline and thought he was tageting the "Amish" not the Amish. You know, an ad that says get married before you have kids, stay off welfare, complete a high school education, don't do drugs, don't join a gang, obey the law, and get a f**king job. If there needs "to be a conversation" between whites and the Amish, that's my half.
Same here. Ditto. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. "Trump Super PAC launches ad campaign targeting the Amish"
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
I read the headline and thought he was tageting the "Amish" not the Amish.
You know, an ad that says get married before you have kids, stay off welfare, complete a high school education, don't do drugs, don't join a gang, obey the law, and get a f**king job.
If there needs "to be a conversation" between whites and the Amish, that's my half.
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