Trump Ad Mocks Hillary’s Poll Whining

Donald Trump’s campaign Friday released a new ad slamming Democrat Hillary Clinton for questioning why she is not crushing her opponent in the polls.

The spot, which will air nationally, features a clip of Clinton — sounding shrill — lamenting that the race is close. “Why aren’t I 50 points ahead? — you might ask.”

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The ad then cuts to a picture of FBI Director James Comey while an announcer intones, “Maybe it’s because the director of the FBI said you lied about your emails.”

Video shows Comey confirming that agents found classified material on emails stored on a private, non-secure server that Clinton set up in her house. The ad then runs through other Clinton negatives, from the growth of the Islamic State terrorist group during her tenure as secretary of state to her infamous statement on the campaign trail that roughly half of Trump’s supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables.”

The ad then circles back to the first clip of Clinton asking why she is not 50 points ahead.

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Tagline: “Do you really need to ask?”

The Clinton clip comes from a video address to the Laborers’ International Union of North America in Las Vegas earlier this month.

Trump’s ad effectively highlights some of Clinton’s biggest vulnerabilities.

“Hillary Clinton’s career is a decades-long highlight reel of moments in which Clinton puts her self-interests over the needs of everyday Americans,” Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller said in a prepared statement. “To be clear, Hillary Clinton is in this race to enrich herself and line the pockets of her Wall Street donors. Why is out-of-touch Hillary Clinton not 50 points ahead? The answer is pretty clear. Voters want a change in direction and only Donald J. Trump can provide that change.”