Vance argues pro-Trump campaign ads ‘are not partisan’

Vice President Vance said the new pro-President Trump television advertisements are “not partisan” amid criticism from both sides of the aisle. 

The ads, which cost $20 million of taxpayer money, feature Trump’s voice calling for the defeat of socialism and communism while touting the “largest tax cuts in history” and “reigniting American manufacturing.”

The Trump administration has claimed the ads are public service announcements, not campaign ads. 

Vance said there is a history of the federal government using tax dollars to advertise the government’s recent actions, pointing specifically to the Obama administration’s ads on the Affordable Care Act. Trump halted that advertising effort at the start of his first term. 

“Living in a constitutional republic, you have to be honest with the American people about what........

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