President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign launched a paid media blitz on reproductive rights in Arizona on Thursday, two days after the state Supreme Court upheld the decision. almost a ban on abortion It belongs to 1864.
The seven-figure ad buy focused on former President Donald Trump’s ad final abortion positionRoe v. according to the judgment assigned to the US Supreme Court. He again took credit for overturning Wade’s decision and said states should decide abortion policy.
The move is part of a larger, more aggressive strategy Take over Trump’s record On abortion, the Biden team is mobilizing quickly to respond to an issue it sees as most motivating for voters in November.
“Millions of women have lost their basic freedom to control their bodies because of Donald Trump,” the ad opens with Biden narrating, followed by “Women’s lives are in danger because of it.”
The 30-second ad campaign, which first aired Thursday on MSNBC, will target key youth, female and Latino voters both on television and online.
“Your body and your decisions belong to you, not to the government, not to Donald Trump,” Biden says before vowing directly to the camera, “I’m going to fight like hell to get your freedom back.”
The campaign said it hopes to reach battleground voters this month with ad placements on shows such as “Abbott Elementary,” “Survivor,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “American Idol,” “The Voice” and “Saturday Night Live.” as well as sporting events and entertainment programming on TNT, TLC, ESPN, FX and Bravo.
“This week, women in Arizona are watching in horror as Arizona’s ban on abortion except for rape, consanguinity or the health of a woman since 1864 will soon become law for Arizonans,” Rodriguez said in a statement Thursday. “This nightmare is only possible because of Donald Trump.”
A 60 second spot There’s a testimony released Monday from a Texas woman who says she nearly died after suffering two miscarriages because of lack of care.
At the end of that video, the ad says: “Donald Trump did it.”
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to travel to Tucson, Arizona, on Friday for a political event focused on reproductive freedom, where she plans to put Trump ahead of abortion, a Biden campaign official said.
Asked Tuesday about his message to Arizonans about the state Supreme Court’s Civil War-era decision, Biden told NBC News, “Elect me,” adding that it was “not from the 21st century, not back then. They weren’t a state.”