Gutierrez is one of many former Bush administration officials to have come out in support of Hillary Clinton over the past few months.
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Her reluctance to take questions from a freewheeling pack of traveling journalists has fueled criticism about her relatability and provided ammunition to Republicans and their nominee, Donald Trump. When a reporter asked what she thought of Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway’s comment that Clinton was “allergic to the media”, Clinton said of Trump, “I’m allergic to him”.
“Vote for Trump? I can’t”, the Cuban-born Gutierrez says into the camera. “If creating jobs and saving lives is bad, I guess you can zing me with it”. “It’s risky and we don’t want to go back. For me, country first, and then party”.
He also touched on Hillary Clinton’s proposals for reduced college debt and said UCF – “one of the biggest relatively unknown universities in the country” – has made “maximum use of an important part of her platform, investment in science and technology”.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been trying to draw more attention to the controversy surrounding Trump’s foundation, routinely noting a disparity in coverage between the two foundations.
Another ad, titled “Real Strength”, highlights Clinton’s record of fighting for families.
“Because he shouts insults, Trump thinks he has real strength”, the ad’s narrator says before Trump is heard saying that Mexican immigrants are “bringing crime, they’re rapists”.
The Hillary Clinton campaign will continue to spend money in Florida.
That ad will air in the Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach markets in Florida and the Las Vegas and Reno markets in Nevada.
While outlining his wife’s plans to raise taxes on the wealthy, lower taxes on businesses that reward workers and fight for free or low-cost college, Bill Clinton spent much of the time pointing to the voter registration tables and pleading with the crowd to get their families and friends to vote.
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The ads – both digital and for television – will be aired in the states of Florida and Nevada, both of which have high percentages of Hispanics in their populations and are considered crucial in winning the November 8 presidential election.
