{"id":1046659,"date":"2024-08-23T19:31:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T23:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1046659"},"modified":"2024-08-23T19:31:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T23:31:47","slug":"icymi-dnc-launches-new-billboards-ahead-of-trumps-weird-rally-with-robert-f-kennedy-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-launches-new-billboards-ahead-of-trumps-weird-rally-with-robert-f-kennedy-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: DNC Launches New Billboards Ahead of Trump\u2019s Weird Rally with Robert F. Kennedy Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Trump, Vance, and RFK Jr. are simply weird as hell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXd5E2nmQL6_DnCIh_mYwSq659QYCLR83EEYEqJhgzLZ790s6ktC1DDdXuTR5LwXFpdJGEsopNQMYWxK87g8CUAVCQharJgpOnRtIN16sSDi30jsI_tX_3Ps84_rirMgk5ssgMH3ULCy7GvB1RtAmromrUE?key=32MoTG10WtZR0841ljWcEA\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the DNC launched new billboards ahead of Trump\u2019s rally with fellow weirdo Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling out these two and Vance for being simply \u201cweird as hell\u201d in their quest to strip away fundamental freedoms from Americans across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>DNC Senior Advisor Mary Beth Cahill issued the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe more voters learned about RFK Jr. the less they liked him. Donald Trump isn\u2019t earning an endorsement that\u2019s going to help build support, he\u2019s inheriting the baggage of a failed fringe candidate. Good riddance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Take a look at some of the coverage below:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-taunted-over-speculated-rfk-jr-endorsement-weird-hell\"><strong>Fox News<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Trump taunted over speculated RFK Jr endorsement: &#8216;Weird as hell&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Julia Johnson, 8\/23\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday morning, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unveiled four billboards targeting Trump over the potentially looming endorsement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Weird as hell,&#8221; the billboards say, featuring photos of Trump, his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Kennedy. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paid advertising campaign is the DNC&#8217;s first featuring Kennedy since President Biden&#8217;s suspension of his re-election bid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/4844316-democratic-committee-trump-kennedy-billboards\/\"><strong>The Hill<\/strong><\/a><strong>: DNC unveils billboards dubbing Trump, Vance, RFK Jr. \u2018weird as hell\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Elizabeth Crisp, 8\/23\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats are rolling out a set of billboards describing former President Trump, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) as \u201cweird\u201d ahead of a possible endorsement of Trump by Kennedy on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The billboards will be seen in Arizona near Trump\u2019s rally in Glendale, where his campaign says he\u2019ll be joined by an unnamed \u201cspecial guest,\u201d and in Phoenix, where Kennedy is holding an event earlier in the day to address \u201cthe present historical moment and his path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democratic National Committee is responsible for the billboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The billboard also is being displayed near the Trump Tower in Chicago, where the DNC already has spread its message earlier this week during the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump, Vance, and RFK Jr. are simply weird as hell Today, the DNC launched new billboards ahead of Trump\u2019s rally with fellow weirdo Robert F. 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