In Nevada, Clinton hit from left and right on immigration
RENO, Nev. — It’s a small buy, just $42,000 of online video, but a spot launched this weekend from the conservative American Crossroads demonstrated how conservatives are trying to widen the divisions of the Democratic primary. “Hillary’s Wall,” aimed at Spanish-speaking voters in Nevada, uses well-known but infrequently-replayed clips of a Bush-era Hillary Clinton saying […]
February 22, 2016RENO, Nev. — It’s a small buy, just $42,000 of online video, but a spot launched this weekend from the conservative American Crossroads demonstrated how conservatives are trying to widen the divisions of the Democratic primary.
“Hillary’s Wall,” aimed at Spanish-speaking voters in Nevada, uses well-known but infrequently-replayed clips of a Bush-era Hillary Clinton saying she opposed “illegal immigration” — a phrase no Democrat now utters — and voted for a border fence. That slams right into footage of Donald Trump, who has quickly become a figure of fear and derision for Latinos.
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