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Friends of John Delaney
"Trump's Trade War" +
:30 TV ad from April 6, 2018 run in the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids markets in Iowa.
[Music]
Male Announcer:
When President Trump said he wanted to get rid of pork…
It wasn’t supposed to be this kind [pig snuffle SFX].
His trade war could devastate our manufacturing and farming
economies
and raise prices on hard-working Americans.
John Delaney believes we should be expanding markets not throttling
them because he’s focused on creating good jobs for the
twenty-first-century economy.
And that’s exactly what he’ll do as president.
Because now more than ever, standing up to Trump means standing up
for Iowa.
Delaney (voiceover):
I'm
John
Delaney
and
I
approve
this
message.
Notes: From the April 6 press
release...
Delaney Airs New Iowa TV Ad
Blasting Trump’s Trade War
Spot highlights tariffs hurting state’s economy, Delaney’s free trade
policy
WASHINGTON – Congressman John
K. Delaney (MD-6) has a new ad running in Iowa criticizing President
Trump’s trade policy and the impact it will have on farmers, businesses
and consumers. Delaney has been in Iowa this week and on
Thursday he met with Iowa Democrats serving in the state House and
Senate in Des Moines.
Delaney’s TV spot, titled, “Trump’s
Trade
War”, will begin airing in the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids
markets today and is available
online
here. Delaney has been on television in Iowa since February
and has campaigned in 49 counties through Friday.
Following President Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on
steel and
aluminum, China has raised tariffs on over 100 products, from apples to
whiskey to cranberries to cars. In the heartland, China’s new pork,
soybean and ethanol tariffs are raising deep concerns about what could
happen to the rural economy, as
reported
this
week
in
the Des
Moines Register. On Thursday, Trump threatened an
additional $100 billion in tariffs.
In Congress, Delaney supported President Obama’s
Trans-Pacific
Partnership, unlike most other national Democrats. Delaney was one of
just 28 House Democrats to vote to give President Obama Trade Promotion
Authority.
“We’re getting to see what a trade war looks like and it’s
pretty
ugly,” Delaney said. “In President Trump’s trade war, the country will
lose. Democrats need to be the party of global engagement and economic
growth. It’s terrible that so many of my colleagues sided with
candidate Trump over President Obama and now we’re seeing that
protectionism doesn’t work. Instead of pulling out of global agreements
like the TPP and the Paris Accords, the United States should lead and
we should set the terms.”