A new ad from the Lincoln Project takes Donald Trump to task for his
misogynistic behavior. Nothing new there, but the ad, “Girl In the Mirror,” takes a different tack, looking at the former president’s hate-filled views on womenkind from the view of
a girl trying to process those messages and the impact it likely has when she is considering her own self-worth.
The girl is shown looking into a mirror and at screens from which Trump is
seen mocking Kamala Harris’s first name, the fact that she is black and even calling her a “shit vice president” who is “crazy Kamala.”
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“Now imagine a
different future for her,” the ad’s narrator states of the girl. “A future where a president looks like her, who sounds like her and who shows her who she can grow up to be as long
as she believes in herself.”
A scene of the “Fearless Girl” statue is shown as the narrator continues to imagine the girl’s future as strong and compassionate
and “unafraid to take on a bully.” At that point Harris is shown challenging Fox News’ Bret Baier during an interview when he misrepresented Trump’s “enemy within”
comments with a videoclip. (He later apologized.)
“Now imagine that little girl is yours,” the ad concludes. “And your actions on November 5th will define who she
sees."
“Behind every Trump supporter is a daughter, sister, mother, friend who hears his demeaning words about women and is forced to carry a
heavier burden,” said Lincoln Project chief of staff Ryan Wiggins. “You wouldn’t want a man like Donald Trump within eyesight of your daughter or sister, so why would you vote for
him to hold the highest office in the world.”