So where are all of Bloomberg's and Steyer's anti-Trump ads?

[Dem4Life1102]

Both said they were dedicated to getting Trump out of office and that the Presidential campaigns were not just vanity projects. They said that they would continue their efforts after they ended their campaigns. Yet I haven't seen any of their anti-Trump ads on TV. They were all over the place when they were still running. Now nothing. Bloomberg even fired staffers he promised to retain until the election.

So were either of these rich guys telling the truth?

[Ohiogal]

1. Excellent question

[MANative]

2. As a practical matter, they're airing free of charge every evening when Trump steps up to the podium

Let him hang himself for now, then hammer him harder later, using his own words.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. I agree - and I also wonder

WHEN they would be most beneficial - now or closer to November.....

[NNadir]

10. Ding, ding, ding!

[TwilightZone]

12. Yep.

No point in running them right now. CV is dominating the airtime and people are (understandably) distracted.

[onecaliberal]

3. The truth is in their actions, not their order.

[mucifer]

4. i know Bloomberg has been funding campaign offices around the country for Biden

It's weird some republican groups are airing anti trump ads

[Skya Rhen]

5. Bloomberg, in particular, never had me fooled for one second. It was ultimately all about him.

[MineralMan]

7. Those ads will be running during the actual campaign.

People are thinking about other things right now. Election politics are low on their attention scale at the moment.

[Stuart G]

8. Timing...Timing...&Timing...??..April 2.....Election ...November? 7 months away?

..The anti-Trump ads may come in the summer. The closer we get to the election, the more ads against Trump we will see. Please think about when spending that money would be to our advantage. Be patient, those ads will come. Patience, Patience and Patience..

[George II]

9. There's no reason to run any ads these days. I haven't seen any from anyone for more than 2 weeks.

[The Magistrate]

11. The 'Air War' Of Advertisements, Sir

Is generally viewed by professionals as most effective when done as a saturation in the final weeks before ballots are cast.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[bluestarone]

13. I'm sure they WILL COME!

Memory span of the general public, i think is less that 30 days! So i say save it ALL until Sept.,Oct.

[honest.abe]

15. It would be inappropriate and ineffective to be running negative ads now.

Much too early for general election ads and the whole world is focused on a pandemic.