New Trump ad calls Democrats ‘complicit’ in all murders by illegal immigrants

The Trump campaign released a new ad spot on Saturday calling Democrats “complicit” in all murders by immigrants in the country illegally, following the opposition of Democratic senators to a short-term spending bill, which resulted in a federal government shutdown on Friday. 

“President Trump is right — build the wall, deport criminals, stop illegal immigration now,” the ad says, showing clips of Democratic Minority Leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) “Democrats who stand in our way will be complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants.” 

The campaign forwarded the video ad, titled “Complicit” on the first anniversary of Trump’s inauguration, after most Senate Democrats voted against the spending patch because Republicans would not offer to include legislation protecting thousands of immigrants brought to the country illegally as children from deportation. 

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Trump faulted Democrats for the shutdown early on Saturday, saying the party wants “unchecked illegal immigration.”

The president has previously signaled he is open to a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after rescinding it last year, but attacked Democrats for refusing to get behind increased border security in exchange for securing votes for the spending bill. 

Democrats have targeted Republicans for using the Children’s Health Insurance Program as a bargaining chip, and have blamed Trump’s “chaotic” majority party for allowing the shutdown to happen on its watch.