The Trump campaign had prepared to launch the spot after the Olympics, which ends Sunday.
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While a tight race in Georgia isn’t good news for Trump, he is neck and neck with Clinton in Nevada, a purple state that has voted Democrat in the past two elections. It was a visit that drew a contrast with President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who have yet to visit in the wake of flooding that dropped a devastating 2 feet of rain on a part of the state hit hard by Hurricane Katrina over a decade ago.
Trump and Clinton supporters differ on the major issues they believe are important for the country.
The current CNN battleground map gives Hillary Clinton 273 electoral votes from states that are either solidly or leaning in her direction compared to 191 electoral votes for Donald Trump in states that are solidly or leaning in his direction. “Syrian refugees flood in, illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay, collecting Social Security benefits, skipping the line”. Terrorists and risky criminals: kept out.
Trump, who is trailing Clinton in the polls, chose to focus on national security for his ad, which concludes with ‘Change that makes America safe again, ‘ a twist on his campaign slogan ‘Make America safe again’.
“The border secured, our families safe”.
The state’s Democratic governor said he welcomed Trump to the state, but not for a “photo op”.
The ad comes a day after Trump expressed “regret” for sometimes choosing the wrong words and causing “pain”. He wants him to volunteer or make a “sizable donation”.
The 30-second commercial titled, “Two Americas: Immigration”, paints a picture of what a world would look like with Trump leading it and what America would look like if Clinton was in charge. Earlier this week, he tapped Stephen Bannon, a combative conservative media executive, as his new campaign chief. But her former nationwide lead of nearly 8% has now shrunk to 6%, according to the Real Clear Politics website, which tracks national and state polls from a series of sources, including Reuters, Bloomberg, Rasmussen and the Economist.
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It shows pictures of Middle Eastern refugees and people purported to be illegal immigrants. It is similar to an ad he ran before the Iowa caucuses in February. Rarely do presidential campaigns wait to advertise, or undergo such leadership tumult, at such a late stage of the general election.
