This may be the most disgusting political ad ever run
00:00All right, Dan, Donald Trump was in the swing state of Kansas last night,where he offered voters bribes and anti-Semitic slur and reassurance that he can identify a giraffe.Let's watch.If you elect a Republican House and a Republican Senate on November 3rd,you'll get $5,000 and if you lose, you get nothing.And with Roger Marshall in the Senate, we will make year-round E-15 permanent.But if Adam Hamilton is a lot of you get nothing, you get nothing.I'm not doing it.
00:31He was mandated by law to request strongly money owed from patients.You're not allowed not to do it.You have to, by law, go after those people.And they made it like, oh, he was some kind of a Shylock type guy.Which one is they show you a lion, a bear, a snake, and a giraffe?And they say, which one's the giraffe?Okay.Dan, what do you think of, I know which one's the giraffe,
00:56and I'll give you $5,000 as a closing argument?you really have to wonder why Trump is doing any of this.It's so bad.I mean, obviously he does it because he needs something to do when he wants the applause to keep him to fuel his ego or whatever else.But it makes no sense.The $5,000 is he keeps trying and trying and trying.There is no evidence that works.There is that poll from Verasite, I think, and strength of numbers it had at 13% of people believe that they'd actually get the $5,000 from Trump, opposed by majorities of Republicans.
01:25So they find out it's connected to the election, like a terrible idea.the fact that he can't stop talking about the cognitive test is so funny.It's like bragging about how many field sobriety tests you've takenand thinking that means you're a good driver.It's so good.And I figured out it was a giraffe.You identified a giraffe.You're explaining that to people.
01:46You're bragging about it.It's like he's lying, so he could have said anything.I had to solve three quadratic equations.He could have said that, but instead he went with a giraffe.Also, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,Marshall thing he was talking about there where he's like, oh, you have to, this is, this is, what he wasdiscussing was the scandal where Roger Marshall, a doctor, Senate candidate, basically went afterlegally and arrested, had them arrested women who couldn't pay the bills.
02:17And as low as $50.In one case.Yes.And it's worth, not a law, very clear, when reporters look at this, there's very little evidenceof any other doctors doing this.And he charged exorbitant interest rates on these people, a number that he said himself.And then threw in an anti-Semitic slur, because why not?It just shows how far we've come since Trump 1.0 is that, like, that's not the biggest thing on the Internet today?
02:44No, didn't see, I have not seen a statement from Jonathan Greenblatt yet on this one.Oh, good note.Yeah.Now, lest you think we're being unfair about how tired this routine has gotten, here's a man who's probably done more than anyone to help.Donald Trump get a good night sleep.Another question.How was the president doing?And how are you doing?
03:07You look tired.You look fucking exhausted.I'm not going to like to.Excuse my friends, do you do?I know every time I see the president go going up and talking, I see he seems really, really exhausted too.You looked about the tires that I've seen him.He was very, and I don't want to say the word down.He never, him and I, we don't get down, but he did see.
03:30But you've got to realize he's on these rallies.I mean, he just won after another.So that was my pillow CEO, Mike Lindell.Is he running for governor?Yeah, he is.He is, yes.Okay.Yes.
03:46Oh, wait, did he lose?I thought he lost the primary.He lost the primary.That's right, yeah.That's right.He's doing some kind of a Zoom call with old people.Yeah, it was very curious what the context of that was.Still don't know.
03:57Still don't know.But apparently the president seems.down, tired and down.Do you back up one step?Do you have reason to believe that there's a my pillow in the West Wing?No, I'm sure. I'm sure.That's not true, right?Okay, I mean, it could be.
04:12It seems on brand.Yeah, maybe. Maybe he's got a special pillow.And as we're recording this, I saw a tweet that the president's falling asleep in the Oval Office right now.Yeah, well, you know, he's doing these rallies.He's working really hard.He's never been this focused and disciplined.No, never.In the final stretch here.
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05:44But what you need to know is why they're estranged.According to Acton and her brother, their mother's husband sexually abused Amy as a child when she was 12.and court records confirm that this man was charged with rape.Both children were removed from the household,and their mother stayed married to this manwho abused her daughter until he died.So that's the backstory.This is the person that the video that you're about to see presents
06:13as a character witness.I'm a star in Martha Arthur, and I made me acton's mother.I worked at Children and Family Service Association, building.one of the first two sexual abuse programs in America.I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent,and it's not easy for a mother to say this,but Amy has a serious problem.She is a liar.
06:41She lies about her past.She says she grew up living in a tent.None of that is true.She's lied her entire life.My daughter needs help,And she can't help you if she needs help herself.People can change.But first, they have to tell the truth.
07:01And my daughter still isn't doing that.Don't vote for people who lie.Don't let her become your governor.If you think she'll make your life better, you're fooling yourself.It will only get worse.Now, the Vivek's campaign has responded by saying that they don't know what happenedbetween Amy and her mother, and then they attacked her as a serial fabulous.Attacked Amy as a serial fabulous.
07:27Also, Acton's brother has condemned Vivek Ramoswamy over the attack.Again, he was taken out of the household as well.I don't know.I don't know where to begin on this one.I mean, it could not be more disgusting in a ratio of form.I also think it is going to blow up in his face.Yeah.Like on paper, the idea of a candidate's mother opposing them in an ad seems like that would be a
07:50devastating ad from which candidates could not recover. I don't think that's the case here.Vivek Ramoswami is losing this race according to all the polling averages. The reason he's losingthe race is that people in Ohio think he sucks. They just think he's a sleazy asshole. And,you know, as evidence of that, his approval rating, your say,ability rating in Ohio in theMarist poll that came out last night, minus 17 points, and a state down Trump won by 11 points.And so running an ad like this and all of the ensuing blowback is going to come from. It justreinforces what people already don't like about him.So I think this is going to end up being a it's disgusting.
08:23It's horrible.It should not happen.It's also going to end up hurting him more than it helps him.I saw a few Republicans condemn the ad.Liz Mayer, Megan McCain, a couple people.Don Jr.Amplified it.John fucking the president's son.
08:38Of course.Retweeted this ad and then said, wow, crazy.Because Donald Trump, senior, is the one who picked Vivek Ramoswami to be the nominee.He anointed him for the, for the,job. And if Republicans lose the governor's race in Ohio for the first time in 16 years,it will be because Donald Trump picked this horrendous candidate to run.I just like, it bothers me. I mean, first of all, like the fact that Amy Acton has had togo through this as a child through her whole life. And then now in the final weeks of this campaign,
09:12have this become a national story, have this, you know, broadcast to however many Ohio votersor people across the country.Like, I feel horrible for it.It also, like, this is the kind of shit that prevents people from running for officeand, like, participating in public life.Yeah.Because, like, you know it's a tough business.You know, if you get skeletons in your closet, they're going to come out.
09:34But, like, the fact that you could go through something so horrific and then have an opponentuse it in such a dishonest, disgusting way is just fucking beyond anything.Yeah.It's so gross.And it's very fitting with Vivek Ramoswamy, the kind of campaign he's run this entire time.The way he's acted in public life, it is right on point.I hope he fucking loses.I hope the polls are right, and he is, because he is disgusting.
10:00I think if this ad pisses you off, you should do what I did today, which is donate to Amy Acton.Yes, yes.Because she's winning, but she's being massively outspent.Yeah, she and Sherrod are both being massively.The Republicans are pouring all the money in Ohio, so they need your help.Finally, J.D. Vance sat down with Mark Helpern.Speaking of upstanding characters, who asked him about the Trump family making money while Donald Trump is president.We talked on Podza of America yesterday about J.D. Vance being like when he was doing a CBS town hall with Tony DeCopal was like, oh, corruption? That's crazy. Not in our White House.
10:38Here's how is exchange with Halperman with.How do you feel about the fact that they've gotten wealthier while you've been in office?Well, I think they were already very, very wealthy family.And I think it's a family that suffered extraordinary financial consequences for him being president the first time.I just don't understand the argument that somehow politics has made Donald Trump or his family much better off.I do think there's a separate concern that I sometimes think gets muddled with the first concern, which is that is D.C. just too corrupt of a town?Do people get too rich for knowing the right people?Do they sell access to the president?
11:13Now, I've never seen any evidence that anybody selling it.selling access to me.But if there's a credible accusation there,I guarantee you the President of the United Statesis going to be the first person in line to say,that's ridiculous and despicable, and I am too.I just, it's laughable to me,the idea that Donald Trump has somehow been enriched by a political office.
11:34It's laughable.No evidence, no evidence other than the president's own financial disclosures,the crypto business, the dinner,we're buying his meme coin, got you access to him.like the President Trump reported, reported more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures in 2025.It is believed by several reports that the president has become $2.7 billion is richer since winning the 2024 presidential election.I've seen no evidence of that.His meme coin operation offered dinner with the president to the biggest holders of the meme coin.
12:13like they advertised the opportunity.Twice now.They've done it twice.It's not a media report and some outlet that JD Vance doesn't fucking trust or it's a liberal.Like the president's own company is advertising this.He got a fucking jet from the Qataris that he's taking with him when he leaves office.Yeah.I mean, it's like this is, it's so ridiculous.
12:36It's so embarrassing for J.D. Vance.He's like he has insincerity drooping out of his fucking eyeballs when he's saying this.And there is a thing that, you know, for a long, long time, voters kind of really did turn a blind eye to Trump's corruption.You and I talked about this on Pennsylvania America last week.Voters now care.Now they want to hold Trump accountable for it.They're pissed about.They want to hold the Republicans who enable this corruption accountable for it.
12:59Corruption is near the top of the list now.It's up there with cost of living as an issue.And J.D. Vance can pretend like it doesn't exist, but voters see it.And they're going to make Republicans pay for it this fall.Can you just talk about what a fucking dumbass J.D. Vance is?He could have said, he could have answered that by saying the arrangements are all legal.Everything is legal, right?Which like it probably isn't true, but maybe technically, right?
13:21Yeah, like at least not proven yet, right?Beyond a reasonable doubt.He could have said, oh, Trump's children run the businesses, blah, blah, blah.Like to sit there with Mark Halpern, this is now the second time he's done this in a week,and just deny that the family got rich at all based on their political position and thepower that they have is just it fucking crazy.Well, his problem as a candidate is he never thinks beyond the four corners of the answershe's giving right then and there, which is just like, how can I survive in this interview
13:55by saying this thing without thinking about how it plays beyond that, the reaction to it,the repercussions to it, the fact that he's going to be fact checked or noted or what acommunity noted or whatever else, is he just like he really is just a obnoxious highschool debater running for president.I really hope in the 28 primary someone runs against him or multiple people run against himwho actually don't give a shit about Donald Trump and like probably won't win the nomination,but can beat the shit out of him on a debate stage with this kind of stuff.Because like I don't want to wait until the general for this one.
14:27Like someone, someone from the populist right,it would be like a perfect opportunity for them to go after JD Vance on this.And since we know right now that the most likely things could change.As of right now, the most likely scenario was that J.D. Vance is the Republican nominee.the amount of time, energy, and money that Democrats can spend kicking the crap out of him from the day after the midterms until Election 8, 2028 is going to be very, very valuable and quite enjoyable.And I am more than volunteering my time and my time to whatever that effort is.Yeah, whatever we can do to help.Yes.
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