Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
2 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
expected in commentary, which argues a position · beta estimate
Publisher signals
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Commentary has none to count
Outlets on this story
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Politics
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
IF YOU’VE SPENT MUCH TIME watching the NFL, college football, or Dancing with the Stars over the past week, or if you’re just an average political obsessive,1 you’ve probably noticed the taxpayer-funded ads from Donald Trump.
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you → spend → Trump
They’re billed as “public service announcements,” and one of the spots features excerpts from a speech Trump gave at one of his 2024 campaign rallies.
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Trump → bill → rallies
The speech goes like this:
With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state.
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we → go → state
We will expel the warmongers from our government.
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We → expel → government
We will drive out the globalists.
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We → drive → globalists
We will cast out the Communists, Marxists, and fascists.
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We → cast → Communists
We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country.
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that → throw → country
We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all.
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we → rout → all
Since the ads began to air, it’s become pretty clear that people hate the idea of the government using taxpayer money to broadcast them.
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government → begin → them
And I mean, they truly hate it.
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they → mean → it
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that people oppose “using taxpayer funds to pay for election-related television ads featuring the President or members of his cabinet” by a margin of 86–9.2
What’s been less clear is whether the ads themselves are effective.
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ads → find → 86–9.2
After all, voters always claim to hate political ads.
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voters → claim → ads
Even when campaign commercials are really effective, voters almost never admit to liking them, trusting them, or being influenced by them.
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voters → admit → them
And yet they work.
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they → work → ?
But do Trump’s?
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Trump → do → ?
To find out, we convened a group of voters from Florida who backed Trump in 2024 but now disapprove of his job performance—the very voters he needs to win back—and showed them the ad.
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he → find → ad
What we saw was a whole new level of revulsion.
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saw → see → revulsion
In fact, we couldn’t even get through the question.
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we → get → question
“If you’ve watched the NFL or watched college football, you might’ve seen it around a little bit,” the focus group moderator began.
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moderator → watch → it
They were immediately interrupted.
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They → interrupt → ?
“Oh my God,” Ramiro, 58, from Miami interjected, clearly knowing what was coming.
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what → interject → Miami
Then we played the ad.
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we → play → ad
This is what makes The Bulwark different: We conduct focus groups with voters to try to understand what makes them tick—what moves them.
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what → make → them
We do this in service of getting answers you won’t hear anywhere else.
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you → do → answers
We help you see around corners.
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you → help → corners
If you value that work, please consider supporting us by becoming a Bulwark+ member.
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you → value → member
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you → get → tickets
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