Donald Trump in 2020 AdWatch

On Budget & Economy: AdWatch: market crash due to lack of coronavirus action

[One-minute TV ad, "Failed to Act," second half]
• Text: 3/3: 359 cases
• Trump: "The country's in great shape; the market's in great shape"
• News report: "The coronavirus has put the market into a freefall."
• Text: L.A. Times: Investors Panic Over Stock Market Free-Fall"; DJI -7.77%
• NBC News headline: "Dr. Fauci on Virus Testing: 'It Is a Failing'."
• Text: 3/13: 1,922 cases
• Trump: "No, I don't take responsibility at all."
• Text: 2/16: 4,019 cases
• Reporter: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you rate your response to this crisis?"
• Trump: "I'd rate it a 10; I think we've done a great job."
• Washington Post headline: Squandered Time: Trump Lost Control of Coronavirus
• Text: Spinner exceeds 6,000 then 7,000 cases
• CNN headline, 3/14: "NIH's Dr. Fauci: It's Going to Get Worse; Possible Millions Could Die"
• Voiceover: And now, here we are. Trump cannot be trusted, with our economy, our health, and our future
• Text: Paid for by AB PAC, www.AmericanBridgePAC.org

On Budget & Economy: OpEd: Trump should take responsibility for corona panic

Trump: "The country's in great shape; the market's in great shape"

Text: L.A. Times: Investors Panic Over Stock Market Free-Fall"; DJI -7.77%

NBC News headline: "Dr. Fauci on Virus Testing: 'It Is a Failing'."

Text: Mar.3: 359 cases; more than 20 deaths

Trump: "No, I don't take responsibility at all."

Text: Mar.16: 4,019 cases

Reporter: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you rate your response to this crisis?"

Trump: "I'd rate it a 10; I think we've done a great job."

Washington Post headline: Squandered Time: Trump Lost Control of Coronavirus

Text: Spinner exceeds 5,000 then 6,000 then 7,000 cases

CNN headline, Mar.14: "NIH's Dr. Fauci: It's Going to Get Worse; Possible Millions Could Die"

Voiceover: And now, here we are. Trump canot be trusted, with our economy, our health, and our future

Text: Paid for by AB PAC, www.AmericanBridgePAC.org

On Health Care: AdWatch: Trump called coronavirus "their hoax" & "fake news"

Voiceover: The warnings were there

Headline: Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded

Voice: Millions of Americans at risk

Text: 10 million Americans were expected to become ill

Voice: But Donald Trump failed to act

Video: Donald Trump smiling for interview

Text: Jan.22: 6 cases

Reporter: "Are you worried about a pandemic at this point?"

Trump: "No, not at all; we have it under control; it's gonna be just fine."

CNN headline 2/25: Top officials are warning that the spread of the coronavirus in the US appears "inevitable."

Text: Feb.26: 257 cases

Reporter: "Do you agree with that assessment?"

Trump: "Well I don't think it's 'inevitable.'"

Politico headline 2/28: On coronavirus fears: President Trump blaming the "fake news"

Trump: "This is their new hoax."

Text: Mar.3: 359 cases; more than 20 deaths

[Note: Trump sued over the use of the word "hoax," noting that it referred to the Democratic response, not the virus]