Liam Conner
The Democratic National Committee is stepping up its attacks on former President Donald Trump, preparing for the first time to unveil a new political ad that will refer to Trump as a “convicted criminal” after a Manhattan jury trial. last week found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his “silence” trial.
The DNC’s move will be unveiled Thursday in the form of a billboard near Trump’s scheduled campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, CBS News has learned. Trump will participate in a town hall-style conversation with Turning Point Action CEO Charlie Kirk, marking Trump’s first official campaign stop since the verdict was released.
The billboard, which has English and Spanish versions, reads: “Trump already attacked Arizona’s democracy once. Now he’s back as a convicted felon. He’s seeking revenge and revenge. Trump. Unfit to serve.”
This is the first time the DNC has used the phrase “convicted criminal” in paid advertising since the Manhattan criminal trial.
“If Trump, now a convicted felon, wins in November, he promises to be a dictator ‘from day one’ in order to implement his agenda of revenge and retribution: fomenting political violence while attacking reproductive and democratic Arizonans,” Abhi said. Rahman, DNC deputy communications director.
Rahman was referring to a remark Trump made during a Fox News town hall in December.
The new announcement comes as President Biden — who has largely avoided commenting on the Manhattan criminal trial throughout its duration — is taking a more aggressive approach toward Trump following the verdict.
Biden weighed in on the conviction on Monday during a fundraiser in Greenwich, Connecticut.
“For the first time in American history, a former president who is a convicted felon is now running for president,” Biden told donors.
Trump allies, including several prominent Republican lawmakers, argued the trial it was political in nature.
“This was never about justice. It’s about blasting ‘convicted criminal’ all over the airwaves,” Senator JD Vance of Ohio told CNN after the verdict.
Biden’s campaign hopes that a conviction could reduce Trump’s lead in the polls, but it remains to be seen what impact the verdict has had.
A news story from CBS survey released after the verdict concluded that most Americans’ views on the trial remained unchanged after Trump was found guilty. Opinions about the verdict were in line with opinions about Trump’s guilt or innocence before the verdict was reached, the poll found. Among those who thought Trump was guilty before hearing the verdict, nine in 10 respondents said the jury reached the right verdict — and vice versa for those who previously thought he was not guilty.
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