The first ad Hillary Clinton's super PAC is running against Donald Trump stars Donald Trump

The first general election attack ad by Hillary Clinton super PAC

(Image credit: Priorities USA)

published 18 May 2016

On Wednesday, Priorities USA Action, the Super PAC set up to support President Obama and now backing Hillary Clinton, broadcasts its first attack ads against Donald Trump in four key states: Florida, Ohio, Nevada, and Virginia. One ad, "Respect," is directed at women, and the other, "Speak," features mostly women wearing Donald Trump T-shirts lip-synching to Donald Trump saying divisive things:

Priorities USA, which has already raised more money than in 2012, originally planned to begin its general election ads against Trump after the final primary, June 7, but "the decision was made recently to go up now because we learned from Washington Republicans that you can't wait to go after Trump," super PAC spokesman target="_blank">Justin Barasky tells The New York Times. "What they did was too little, too late, and we weren't going to make the same mistake." On Twitter, Trump had one quibble with "the pathetic hit ad," saying it "misrepresents the final line: 'You can tell them to go BLANK themselves' — was about China, NOT WOMEN!" And if you have some time to kill, there's a robust discussion of the new ad underneath Trump's tweet.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.