Progressive PAC MeidasTouch highlights even more of Donald Trump’s hypocrisy by flipping the former president’s comments about the fifth’s plea against him in its new viral ad.
Trump rants at people invoking their Fifth Amendment rights in the 64-second video, which racked up nearly half a million views on Twitter alone in its first 12 hours and caused the #TrumpIsGuilty hashtag to trend on the internet. platform.
The ex-president calls the move “outrageous” and only says in the clip “the crowd takes the fifth”.
But Trump’s words are cut alongside images of his allies and enablers invoking the privilege during several probes — including his son, Eric Trump, who reportedly pleaded the fifth more than 500 times during the New York Attorney General’s office investigation. into the Trump organization’s finances.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
