2016 Presidential Campaign Blog

New Hillary Clinton 2016 TV Ad “Love and Kindness”

New Hillary for America Ad Spotlights the Values That Lie At the Center of Hillary Clinton’s Campaign and Her Brand of Change
TV Ad to Air in Pennsylvania, Connecticut & Maryland Beginning Monday
 
A new television ad released today by Hillary for America highlights Hillary Clinton’s commitment to running a campaign centered on her belief that what unites us is far more powerful than what divides us – that if we stand together and work together, we can bring about change together.
 
The closing ad for the April primary contests, “Love and Kindness,” features scenes from Clinton’s time on the campaign trail hearing individuals’ stories and sharing personal moments with Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, Congressman John Lewis, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, and supporters of all backgrounds that she's met as she's traveled across the country listening, learning, and laying our her vision for the future over the last year.

Grammy Award-nominated singer Andra Day provided vocals for the ad and wrote the lyrics to the featured music. Day previously performed at an event in March in support of Hillary Clinton at Radio City Music Hall with Elton John and Katy Perry.

The 60-second ad will begin airing Monday in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and Hartford, Connecticut, markets.

Ted Cruz for President Launches New TV Ads in Pennsylvania. "Right" "Solutions" "Not Easy"

Ted Cruz for President Launches New TV Ads in Pennsylvania. "Right" "Solutions" "Not Easy"
 
HOUSTON, Texas – Today, the Cruz for President campaign released three new ads as part of a statewide buy in Pennsylvania. The ad titled “Right” is a 19 second spot that highlights how, under the prospect of another Clinton Administration, our nation must get this election right so that we can bring jobs, freedom, and security to the American people with a Cruz Presidency. “Solutions” is a 30 second inspirational spot embracing an American public that is interested in solutions and not slogans from their President. “Not Easy” is a 30 second spot emphasizing how out-of-step Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are with hardworking Americans, and that Ted Cruz has solutions to cut taxes, roll back regulations, and repeal Obamacare to benefit American families.
 
"Right"
TV :19
 
ANNC: Obama was a failure.
 
Hillary could be worse.
 
We have to get this right.
 
Ted Cruz will.
 
Repeal ObamaCare. Grow jobs. Destroy ISIS.  
 
Jobs, freedom, security: Cruz.
 
CRUZ: I’m Ted Cruz and I approve this message.


"Solutions"
TV :30
 
CRUZ: I don't think the people of America are interested in a bunch of bickering schoolchildren.
 
They're interested in solutions, not slogans.
 
This is the single moms, the truck-drivers and the steelworkers and the mechanics with callouses on their hands.
 
This is all the young people coming out of school that aren't able to find a job.
 
As president I will repeal ObamaCare, pull back the EPA and all the regulators that are killing small businesses and manufacturing.
 
We're going to see wages going up, we're going to see opportunity.
 
We need a president who stands with the American people.
 
I'm Ted Cruz and I approve this message.


"Not Easy"
TV :30
 
CRUZ: I'm Ted Cruz and I approve this message.
 
SAWYER: "You've made $5 million making speeches."
 
CLINTON: "Well...we came out of the White House not only dead-broke but in debt...you know, it was not easy."
 
TRUMP: "It has not been easy for me...My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars."
 
ANNC: They just don't get it. Ted Cruz does.
 
That's why he'll cut taxes for working families.
 
Roll back regulations.
 
And repeal ObamaCare.
 
Jobs, freedom, security for you. For a change.
 
Ted Cruz.

Hillary Clinton 2016 TV Ad "My Mom"

In New Ad, Daughter of Sandy Hook Principal Urges Support for Clinton
TV Ad to Air in Connecticut, Rhode Island Beginning Wednesday
 
In a powerful new television ad released today by Hillary for America, Erica Smegielski, the daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, the principal killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, urges voters to support Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president because of her commitment to tackling gun violence in America. “No one is fighting harder to reform our gun laws than Hillary Clinton,” Erica says in the ad. “She is the only candidate who has what it takes to take on the gun lobby. She reminds me of my mother: she isn’t scared of anything.”
 
Throughout her campaign, Clinton has met with families and individuals impacted by gun violence. These meetings and conversations have deepened her commitment to stand up to the gun lobby and enact commonsense gun safety measures as president. Clinton has committed to fight for comprehensive background checks, lead the charge to end immunity protections for irresponsible gun manufacturers and dealers which prevent victims’ families from holding them accountable, and reform laws to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, other violent criminals and the severely mentally ill.
 
On Tuesday night, Erica joined Clinton in New York City at her Election Night event, where Clinton shared the story of Erica’s loss and said: “She'd never been involved in politics before, but she has made it her mission to advocate for common sense gun safety reform. Like the mothers of Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin and so many others, Erica has turned her sorrow into a strategy and her mourning into a movement.” Erica will join Clinton and other families and individuals impacted by gun violence for an event in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday.
 
The ad has both 30- and 60-second versions. The 60-second version of the ad began airing today in the Hartford, Connecticut, market. The 30-second version of the ad is airing in Hartford, statewide in Rhode Island, and on cable in Fairfield County, Connecticut, which is part of the New York City market.

Bernie Sanders 2016 TV Ad "Sons of New York"

New Bernie Sanders Ad Features FDR

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Ahead of Tuesday’s primary election in the Empire State, Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign on Saturday released a powerful new ad featuring President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

“Even when the deck is stacked, a New Yorker will find a way to break up big banks, create millions of jobs and rebuild America,” the narrator says over archival footage of the 32nd president.

During a visit on Tuesday to his historic Hudson River Valley home, Sanders said President Roosevelt “created a government that stands up for working people, the poor and the sick.”

“Some say it can’t be done again,” the ad continues. “But another native son of New York is ready: Bernie. Rebuild the middle class, make Wall Street banks pay their fair share, give every child a chance.”

"New York: it's our time again to build a future to believe in," the ad concludes.

Hillary Clinton 2016 TV Ad "Came Through"

New Ad Highlights Clinton's Support for Bronx's Eagle Academy
 
Brooklyn, NY - Following Hillary Clinton's debate victory last night in New York City where she outlined her record of getting results for New Yorkers, Hillary for America released a new television ad today highlighting Clinton's work to help start the Eagle Academy, a public school for young African American men in the Bronx.

"The kind of leader who I think the country really needs is somebody who believes in people, cares about people, will fight for people," Eagle Academy Principal David Banks says in the ad. "For me and what I've known about Hillary Clinton, she's as good as it gets."

The ad, Came Through, features the story of Alonzo Sanchez who graduated from the Eagle Academy. "With her you get results," Alonzo's mother, Kelly Sanchez says of Clinton. "People talk about doing stuff and you never see the results. Especially people like us, the neighborhoods that people seem to forget about. The politicians can come through the neighborhoods and they can shake our hands, but when it comes down to it, that stuff that they promised us, they never come through with. Hillary was one of the few that came through the neighborhood, came into our schools, and actually came through with what she promised to do."
 
Came Through is running in the New York City media market and features the principal, a student, and a parent from Eagle Academy. As a senator, Clinton worked with the New York Chapter of 100 Black Men, elected officials and local leaders, to establish the Eagle Academy in the Bronx. There are now six public Eagle Academies with UFT union teachers that serve more than 2,000 scholars in all five boroughs of New York City and Newark, New Jersey.

Bernie Sanders 2016 TV Ad "$27"

Bernie Sanders Ad to Run Opposite Clinton Fundraiser in California 

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign on Friday released a new ad that will run this weekend in California during Secretary Hillary Clinton’s high dollar fundraisers in the state.

The Sanders ad, called “$27,” focuses on the average contribution to the senator’s grassroots campaign. Clinton is asking donors to raise $353,400 to get a seat next to her at the head table during two California fundraisers.

“If you can’t afford to attend tonight’s event with Secretary Clinton, we invite you to join Bernie’s fundraiser for the low price of turning on your television,” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager.

Sanders’ spot, his first in the state, will run tonight in San Francisco and tomorrow in Los Angeles at approximately 8pm PST, just as Secretary Clinton’s wealthy donors are sitting down for dinner.

New Hillary Clinton 2016 TV Ad “Decision”

In New TV Ad, Hillary for New York Touts Endorsements from Daily News, Times
 
Brooklyn, NY — Leading up to New York’s Democratic primary this Tuesday, April 19, Hillary for New York released a new television ad today highlighting the endorsements of both The New York Times and the New York Daily News. The ad — called “Decision” — is running in the New York City media market and pulls excerpts from both endorsements to spotlight how Hillary Clinton is the only candidate in this race that is both“supremely knowledgeable” and “results-driven,” and has a “vision, in which middle-class Americans have a real shot at prosperity.” The papers agree that Clinton will fight to advance “an ambitious Democratic agenda in the White House.”
 
“Decision”

Ted Cruz New 2016 TV Ad "Great"

Cruz for President Launches Television Ad Showcasing Donald Trump's Support for Mayor de Blasio

HOUSTON, Texas – Today, the Cruz for President campaign launched a new television ad, “Great,” that will air statewide in New York. The ad showcases statements made by Donald Trump highlighting his optimism that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is going to want to make New York great again and that he will end up being a very good mayor.
 
“Great”
TV :30
 
CRUZ: I’m Ted Cruz and I approve this message.
 
DONALD TRUMP: I think he’s a smart guy that knows what’s going on and I think he’s not going to want to destroy New York.
 
He’ll end up being a good mayor, maybe a very good mayor. I think he’s going to want to make New York great.

Bernie Sanders 2016 TV Ad "Art of the Steal"

New Ad Calls on New Yorkers to Send a Message to Wall Street

NEW YORK – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign released a new 30-second spot on Thursday calling on New Yorkers to "send a message to Wall Street banks and the billionaires: enough is enough."

"Nothing will change until we elect candidates who reject Wall Street money," the narrator says.

To rein in Wall Street, Sanders has proposed a plan to break up big banks and regulate financial institutions that is backed by 170 economists and financial experts.

The ad, set to air in New York, details the corrupt political and economic system that firms like Goldman Sachs have cultivated. "It's the art of the steal and it's hiding in plain site. The ultra-rich employ an army of lobbyists to write tax policy to avoid paying their fair share," the ad begins. "It's a part of the corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged economy where Wall Street buys off elections and stops meaningful oversight."

Bernie Sanders 2016 TV Ad “No Fracking Anywhere”

Bernie Sanders Calls for Nationwide Ban on Fracking, New TV Ad Spotlights Dangers
 
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday contrasted his call for a nationwide ban on fracking to Hillary Clinton’s shifting stand on the extreme and risky method of drilling for oil and gas.

Sanders also began airing a new television ad on fracking calling him the only candidate for president who would ban fracking everywhere.

“The growing body of evidence tells us that fracking is a danger to our water supply, our most precious resource. It is a danger to the air we breathe. It has resulted in more earthquakes. It is highly explosive. And it is contributing to climate change,” Sanders told 5,000 supporters inside Veterans Memorial Arena here in the Southern Tier region of New York known as the “fracking belt.”

New York and Sanders’ home state of Vermont have banned fracking. There’s a moratorium on the drilling technique in Maryland. “I want to applaud you for standing up to Gov. Cuomo and demanding that New York state ban fracking,” Sanders told the audience. But he added: “If we are serious, we need to put an end to fracking not only in New York and Vermont but all over this country.”

The toxic chemicals used in fracking are known to cause cancer and birth defects, he said. “We cannot, we must not allow our children to be poisoned by toxic drinking water just so a handful of fossil fuel companies can make even more profits,” Sanders added.

Sanders also noted that Clinton promoted fracking overseas when she was secretary of state. He called their records on fracking and other environmental issues one of the “very important differences” between the candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

He also noted other differences with Clinton on climate change and the environment. Sanders led the fight to stop the Keystone XL pipeline to transport “some of the dirtiest fuel on the planet” from Canada’s tar sands region to Gulf Coast refineries. She was a latecomer to opposing the controversial pipeline’s construction. He has introduced legislation calling for a carbon tax to discourage use of greenhouse-gas emitting fossil fuels that cause climate change. She doesn’t support a carbon tax. He consistently opposed offshore drilling. Clinton has not. He would end leases for the extraction of fossil fuel on public lands. Clinton would not.

“If we are going to leave this planet in a way that is healthy and habitable for future generations we need bold action now,” Sanders said.

Meanwhile, the new TV ad released Monday was called “No Fracking Anywhere.”

"Do Washington politicians side with polluters over families?" asks Susan Sarandon in the 30-second spot. "They sure do, because Big Oil pumps millions into their campaigns. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate for president who opposes fracking everywhere."

According to public records and disclosures, $1 of every $15 contributed to the pro-Clinton super PAC Priorities USA Action came from fossil fuel interests. Lobbyists with deep ties to Exxon, BP and TransCanada have also bundled thousands of dollars for Clinton’s campaign directly.

"Bernie," the ad concludes. "He can't be bought by them, because he's funded by you."