Trump campaign turning MAGA rallies into slick, locally targeted TV ads.
March 2, 2020, 10:29 AMPresident Donald Trump is defending his administration's response to the outbreak as his critics attack.delivered a fiery speech at his South Carolina rally Friday night, blasting Democrats and defending his administration’s coronavirus response, his campaign was working to turn the event into a slick, locally focused TV ad that will soon run in the area.
According to ad service firm CMAG, the Trump campaign placed a $139,000 ad buy in Nevada to run over the next two weeks, and spent $188,760 in Colorado for the week of Feb. 25-Mar. 2. NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 28: Supporters of President Donald Trump attend a Trump rally on the eve before the South Carolina primary on February 28, 2020 in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Trump administration is coming under increased criticism from Democrats and others for not doing enough to prepare America for the Coronavirus.
However, the Trump campaign has said they've yet to fully dive into their planned persuasion ad plan."We haven't even really started -- we haven't run $1 of persuasion advertising, really. We've done some but like nothing like what we're going to do over the next six months," a senior Trump campaign official said.President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 30, 2020.
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