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"Reeling" +
:30 TV ad from Sept. 3, 2020 run on national cable and in battleground states.
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[Music]
Biden:
Families are reeling right now, enduring illness, losing
their employers' plans in droves.
They need
lifelines now.
My plan lowers
health care costs, gets us universal coverage quickly when
Americans desperately need it.
This is my
promise to you. When I'm president, I will take care
of your health care coverage and your family, the same way
I would my own.
Biden (voiceover): I'm Joe Biden and I
approve this message.
Notes: The Sept. 3, 2020 press release, below, notes that this ad "underscores the challenges Americans are facing everyday becaues of the ongoing public health crisis":
Biden
for President Releases New Ads Building on Joe Biden’s
Message to Americans This Week
Today, Biden for President announced a set of new ads
that build upon Joe Biden’s speech in Pittsburgh and
demonstrate the contrast between Donald Trump’s America
where COVID, economic uncertainty, and racial unrest
threaten the safety of the country, and the vision for a
better future Joe Biden laid out.
The ads are part of the $45 million the campaign is
spending across broadcast and digital this week, and
they will run on national cable channels and in key
battleground states, including Arizona, Florida,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
“Defend” highlights Vice President Biden’s message to
Americans as they grapple with intersecting crises: he
will protect the country from any threat. Lacking any
formal production components, the ad features an
unproduced excerpt of Vice President Biden’s nomination
speech delivering his clear, succinct, and powerful
message directly to the American people.
As the pandemic rages across the country, leaving more
than six million infected, 180,000 dead, and 15 million
out of work -- the campaign is also releasing spots that
show how Joe Biden will keep Americans safe from COVID.
The campaign revamped a primary ad,"Personal,” that
outlines why health care, particularly during a
pandemic, and why it is so important and deeply personal
to Vice President Biden. Running in tandem with it is
"Reeling” which underscores the challenges Americans are
facing everyday because of the ongoing public health
crisis.
These ads come on the heels of "Be Not Afraid,” which
was released directly after Vice President Biden’s
Pittsburgh speech and shows how President Trump has
fanned the flames of division, failed to unequivocally
condemn the violence in American cities, and instilled
fear across the country. The ad highlights Joe Biden’s
message to the country in this moment: we must stop the
unacceptable violence, unite the country, and be guided
by the words of Pope John Paull II: “Be Not Afraid.”