Dark Political Ad Suggests Russians, Neo-Nazis and Billionaires Are the Only People Happy With Trump's America

Spot promotes progressive political action committee

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Americans may claim to hate political ads (especially negative ones), but repeated surveys show that they work. Just ask Donald Trump and Facebook, which reportedly used the president’s 2016 campaign as a case study for its own paid ad products.

Still, most such spots are quickly forgotten unless they touch on unusual topics like hog castration or threats to “blow your balls off” with a Glock.

A new ad for a PAC (political action committee) called Future Forward USA Action is a little different than your standard “My opponent is bad, and here’s why” spots that blanket the airwaves around election season.

The work, created by production company Furlined, makes some controversial assertions: Specifically, that the three groups of people who are most happy with the direction of the United States under President Trump are white supremacists, the extremely wealthy and Russians loyal to Vladimir Putin.

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